Blue River War Rug
| ID# 537 | Date: Late 90s | -:- | Size 33 x 53 inches
(84 X135 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 9 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Landscape Pictorial War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Taimani |
| Good condition. Very nice wool. Lots of natural undyed colors. This is a great example of a pictorial rug with a stream running through a town, most likely Qala I'Nau. Please not rockets in stream, this is a small subset of pictorial rugs with streams that feature the ""rockets in water"" motif. Perhaps they store their Stinger missiles in streams? |
| Wool: Very good. | Sheen: Very good | Handle: Floppy | Selvedge: Coarse, braided, goat hair overcast |
| Fringe: Minimum kilim, sumac closure of blue and orange, short fringe | Pile: 7 mm | Warp: Natural wool | Weft: Brown wool. |
| Warp Depression:20 degrees minimal warp depression | |||
