War Carpet Painting

This rug would have looked cool with an allover yellow field, but he dealer who had it before war rug had other ideas. In addition to being a rug painter, this dealer was not honorable and did not keep his word, but that is another story. In any case, this photos shows painting clearly, but one must look closely to see it. Painted have a particular tell where the edges look blurry. Knotted pile produces pixels of colors which creates sharp and exact edges. A guy with a marker (yes they use markers) or a paintbrush of dye cannot get the exactness of a knot. Check the other photos of this rug, #1143 - Large Painted Iraq Rug to see painting on the back. More info about Rug # 1143 here BTW - Rug #0 does not exist, so if the link above says Rug #0, it resolves at the Styles Index Page. Sorry for the glitch

The rug painters of the world are not total dummies, so they paint the back also. Painted rugs have a tell which this photos illustrates well. Each knot in a pile rug is like a pixel, so edges are sharp. But a dumb-dumb with a marker or paint brush will never be so exact, so painted rugs have blurry edges where they are painted. Note the slightly lighter color near the edge of the brown. More info about Rug # 1143 here BTW - Rug #0 does not exist, so if the link above says Rug #0, it resolves at the Styles Index Page. Sorry for the glitch

Deep down in the pile the paint did not take, so if you see a rug with fuzzy edges dig deep into the pile to see if the color has been changed. If so, and you still like the rug, bargain like crazy. That said, any painted rugs on warrug are already discounted, ';-) More info about Rug # 1143 here BTW - Rug #0 does not exist, so if the link above says Rug #0, it resolves at the Styles Index Page. Sorry for the glitch