Older 4 Frame Pictorial Afghan War Rug
| ID# 26 | Date: 1980's | -:- | Size 33 x 50 inches
(84 X127 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 9 h X 10 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Four Panel Landscape (2X2), Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| Condition is fair, but design is very nice. There is a hole, missing pile, worn pile, and crease wear. Colors are very soft and nice. Great combination of images: pictorial cityscape with tanks and APCs but also hand guns way out of scale. Birds too. |
| Wool: Soft but somewhat brittle. | Sheen: Very nice, polished knot on back. | Handle: loose, floppy. 1.5 inch diameter on fold. | Selvedge: braided goat overcast. Damaged. |
| Fringe: No kilim. Overhand knots, 1 inch fringe. Natural wool color. Slightly grey. | Pile: wool | Warp: Natural wool. | Weft: Grey cotton. |
| Warp Depression:minimal | |||
