Lion Fighter Butterfly Rug
| ID# 1117 | Date: Purchased in 2001 | -:- | Size 13 x 75 inches
(33 X190 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 7 | Origin: Iran | Style: -Political Portraits, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Q'ashqa'I |
| This colorful rug features a large stylized image of a man fighting a grey lion-like figure. Multicolored butterflies fly around them with spade-shaped smaller motifs (maybe flowers) filling out the negative space in the center of the rug and also the main border.
Colorful botehs form the secondary border, classic to this sort of rug. |
| Wool: Soft, thick, large knots | Sheen: Very shiny | Handle: Stiff and flexible | Selvedge: Brown overcast wool |
| Fringe: Orange and tan weft brocade, reduced kilim with dark grey cotton thread. | Pile: 5mm | Warp: Naturally colored 2S wool | Weft: Pink wool |
| Warp Depression:Fully depressed | |||
