Kabul City Scene from Airport
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
| ID# 923 | Date: 1980s | -:- | Size 34 x 49 inches
(87 X124 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 9 h X 12 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Kabul Landscapes, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Taimani |
| This bright rug features an elaborate cityscape as seen from the Kabul airport. The bright oranges and reds in the buildings and structures pop against the striking purple/blue background. A white road with what appears to be lamp posts winds diagonally down the rug from the airport in the bottom to the mountains in the top right. |
| Wool: Dense and fine grained | Sheen: Very good, some variety between colors | Handle: Floppy | Selvedge: Tight braided goat hair |
| Fringe: Red and blue striped plain weave, overhand knots, | Pile: 4 mm | Warp: High quality, 2Z | Weft: Two grey cotton |
| Warp Depression:10 degrees | |||
