Old Red Rug: Two figures pre 1989
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
| ID# 894 | Date: before 1989 | -:- | Size 22 x 33 inches
(56 X83 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 10 h X 8 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Red Rugs, a war rug classic. , Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| The motifs on this rug are actually upside down according to the direction of the pile. Two helicopters fly upside down at the bottom of the rug, followed by two upside down kneeling soldiers with shoulder mounted RPGs, while at the top of the rug two large black rifles point towards the bottom of the rug. Small flower motifs fill out the negative space on the red field. |
| Wool: Rough | Sheen: Matte | Handle: Stiff but flexible | Selvedge: Black overcast wool |
| Fringe: Red plain weave with black and tan weft brocade. Cotton overhand knots. Weft brocade extends off of either side of the rug. | Pile: 6 mm | Warp: White cotton | Weft: Black cotton thread |
| Warp Depression:90 degrees | |||
