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For sale: Hand woven carpet from Afghanistan

Very Fine Pictorial

ID# 1091
Date: 1980s
Size: 32 x 53 inches
(81 x 135 cm)
Origin: Afghanistan
Style: Landscape Pictorial War Rugs
Tribe: Baluchi
Condition: Some wear, but excellent condition. The drawing, using two point perspective, is unique in this rug. It features a rocket in the river, a recurrent theme in war rugs. The colors are diverse and lovely
Wool: Excellent
Sheen: Excellent
Handle: Floppy
Selvedge: Very tight braided goat hair.
Fringe: Beautiful. Short plain weave kilim followed by overhand knots and long fringe of the highest quality warps. Looped at bottom
Pile: 2mm, very closely trimmed.
Warp: Grayish wool
Weft: Black cotton.
Warp Depression: 75 degrees, nearly full warp depression
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet