Gold Plane War Rug
Exhibited at:
ID# 497
Date: 1993
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Size 43 x 95 inches
(109 X241 cm)
Knots/Inch:
11 h X 7
Origin: Afghanistan
Style:
-All Over Fighter Jets War Rugs,
Other examples of this style
Tribe: Baluchi
new color change on half more dark on top to button
Wool: This wool is soft. This wool shows abrash where it goes from dark on top to lighter on the bottom
Sheen:
Good
Handle:
Soft, floppy
Selvedge
: 1 cord goat hair brown, incomplete and inconsistent.
Fringe
: minimal kilim on button, over hand knots, 2"" fringe top 1 "" kilim brown color, over hand knots, 2"" fringe. Special
Pile: 7mm
Warp: Light colored curly wool
Weft:
Double black cotton
Warp Depression:30 degrees
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