Condition: This rug's condition is excellent and apparently new. There are a wide variety of marled colors: tan and green, navy and tan, red and navy. Drawing of this rugs motif is unusually refined and abstracted.
Wool: The wool is new and fresh.
Sheen: New wool which is not much oxidized so sheen is underdeveloped
Handle: Example of floppy with strength.
Selvedge: Medium coverage of braided goat hair showing glimpses of grey cotton wefts underneath.
Fringe: Very short plain weave kilim, thick Persian closure, Kinky warps where kilim was reduced
Pile: 4mm
Warp: Dark grey wool mixed with light tan wool
Weft: Grey cotton.