Green Reaper Rug
| ID# 1808 | Date: Received USA November 2020 | -:- | Size 25 x 41 inches
(63 X104 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 9 h X 9 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Yellow with Crossed AK's, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| Very unusual green rug. The green wool is a different texture from the red wool in the airplane. Perhaps the goal was a light sky blue. |
| Wool: Very good. Dense and strong. | Sheen: Good, no Pantene rinse | Handle: Very stiff and springy. | Selvedge: Integrated field color overcast of one thick cord. |
| Fringe: Unusual. Three tier lattice end finish gives way to one inch bands of wefts bound together with colors used in the field. The lattice is tighter and less regular than rug 1818 and 1807. | Pile: 4mm pile, dense | Warp: White cotton. Totally standard making fancy end finish more interesting | Weft: White cotton . |
| Warp Depression:Full warp depression. | |||
