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Hajj Group Prayer Rug with Planes and Buses
Early 1980's
War Rug Width (decimal feet): 5.51
War Rug Length (decimal feet): 9.25
Knots per Inch - Horizontal: 12
Knots per Inch - Vertical: 6
Warp Depression: Not depressed
War Rug Sales Status: 2016 In Stock
Country of Origin (estimated): Afghanistan
War Rug Style: Prayer War Rugs
War Rug Ethnic Origin: Baluchi
General Description: This unique and super high quality rug was perhaps intended as a multi-person prayer rug as defined by the six pointed shapes running down side of the field. Four planes in colors matching the bottom fringe (red, black, red, and blue) run up the center of the rug behind two large busses. The rug features an un-dyed background making it very soft and shiny.
The blue, red, black, and purple shapes (trees? fireworks?) that make up the border mirror the shapes that separate the pointed shapes in the main field.
The dye used to create the purple color has tip-faded to a light lavender color.
Tip fading on purple
Description of wool: Super soft, high quality
Sheen of Wool: Very shiny and lustrous, fatty. Shiniest rug.
Handle: Maximum flop
Selvedge: Tightly braided black wool with good coverage. Continues through fringe. Selveges end with three cords of dark brown wool. fringes
Fringe: Plain weave bands of red, black, and purple on bottom. Orange, purple, and red on the top.
Pile Material: 5mm
Weft Material: Short naturally colored wool
Warp Material: Mostly double grey wool except for the top half, which is multicolored wool (blue, red, orange, etc)
