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Long Blue Three Drone Rug With Heavy Abrash (On Loan)

Exhibited at:
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
ID# 1165Date: Completed 2016
Received by company November 2016
Published in USA January 2017
-:-Size 36 x 59 inches
(92 X150 cm)
Knots/Inch:
9 h X 9
Origin: AfghanistanStyle: -Three Drone War Rug,
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Tribe: Turkman
Larger rug with white drones, red outlined drones flying vertically on a blue background. Thinner white border with blue and red pattern inside followed by thicker red border with blue patterns. On outermost edge of red border is a thin rim of white before turning back into blue. Boundaries between the two borders is a small blue ring.
Wool: Soft wool, not dry but stiff. Sheen: Dull sheen. Handle: Pretty stiff, 7 on a scale of 10 (ten being incredibly densely knotted and stiff handle). Selvedge: Two cord, flat, wool wrapped. Lefthand selvedge is darker blue and more tightly woven than right hand side.
Fringe: Short white fringe after Persian closure Pile: 6mmWarp: White cottonWeft: Buff cotton
Warp Depression:60 degree warp depression, densely packed corduroy texture