Red, White, And Blue Reaper Drone Rug
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
| ID# 1166 | Date: 2015 | -:- | Size 24 x 40 inches
(61 X101 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 9 h X 8 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Reaper Drone War Rug, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| Blue and white reaper drones flying over a red background. Centermost drone is white with a black outline. Border around the drones is thin, looks almost like small triangles of white and blue on a black background. |
| Wool: Slightly dry, but soft. | Sheen: Sheen is duller, but there. | Handle: Pretty stiff, 7 on a scale of 10 (ten being incredibly densely knotted and stiff handle). | Selvedge: Right hand: thick one cord overcast with red wool. Left: two cord flat wrapped with red wool. Difference is remarkable. |
| Fringe: Short white fringe after Persian closure | Pile: 6mm | Warp: White cotton. | Weft: Buff cotton. |
| Warp Depression:full warp depression | |||