The main, or center, border in this rug is typically Taimini. The white border and eight pointed stars are what make it Taimani.
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The main, or center, border in this rug is typically Taimini. The white border and eight pointed stars are what make it Taimani. |
Corner section of Bomber/Copter/Tank rug. Secondary designs, flowers, make this border particularly nice. |
This photos shows a tree of life motif running inside the border one each side of the rug. |
This a not uncommon border design in Baluchi rugs. It lacks a main border, but rather features three quard strip width borders, again not uncommon in Baluchi rugs of all styles. |
Taimani single border. |
Equal thickness tripple border |
One group of rugs, featuring a particular wool and single cord wool overcast selvedges feature this border. |
Very old border |
Traditional Baluchi border, seen most often in Pixelated rugs and Speckled field rugs |
Mushwani border with repeated mosques. |
Tank border from Afghan Baluchi rug |
Beautiful classic border from good quality Afghan Baluchi rugs |
Traditional Turkmen border with bullet skirt. |
Al Kwaja border. Beshir Turkmen. |
Antique border design |
Old time border design on modern rug |
Mushwani border motif |
Mushwani border design |
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This border dates to at least the 19th century |
This border is also dates to at least the 19th century |
This is a not very interesting border design. |
This border, while thin, employs good use of color. |
Wheeled APC border design on Ghazni red rug. |
Bullet border common on red rugs from the 1990s made in Pakistan |
Classic grape vine border |
Old style weapons border |
Contemporary style border. |
Note glitch. This is a Turkmen design border, but colors and pattern are not typically Turkmen, so…. |
Golden Border, note stylized helicopters, and checkerboard guard stripe. |
Distinct border from south central Afghanistan |
Same weaver as rug 29 |
Note fluorescent green and bleeding. |
Stylized tank border |
Zakini border, medium quality. |
Note inclusion of guard stripes on this very high quality rug, although border drawing jumpy. |
Asymmetrical, elaborate border, consistent with extremely good quality of this rug. |
Classic ""Golden Border"" with guns-up retreating tanks and super stylized helicopters. |
Best type of border. Note grape vine main border, and two very special, and wide, guard stripes. |
Butterfly plastic mine border seen on some rugs from Pakistan. |
Traditional sumac border with extra inner main border of beautifully rendered bombers. |