Kabul City Scape from Airport at Night
| ID# 1140 | Date: 1980s | -:- | Size 34 x 56 inches
(87 X142 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 10 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Kabul Landscapes, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Mushwani |
| This earthy rug is similar to this rug, perhaps even a nighttime scene of Kabul. The airport sits in the bottom right corner of the rug as a dark red road snakes up from the bottom left to the top right where rows of planes fly. A cityscape of small yellow and blue buildings sits against the black field. |
| Wool: Soft, fine | Sheen: Very shiny | Handle: Very floppy | Selvedge: Tightly braided black goat hair |
| Fringe: Bands of orange, blue, and tan plain weave with braided knots. Bottom right corner looks to have some replacement knots of white and brown. | Pile: 7mm | Warp: Fine naturally colored wool with looped ends | Weft: Grey wool |
| Warp Depression:No depression | |||
