Condition: This great quality golden war rug features motifs of ewers on tables with rifles and tripod-mounted-rockets interspersed throughout. Tanks and helicopters make up the main border, and the common 's' shapes are sprinkled throughout the negative space along with small flower shapes. The top section of the rug's border has an orange hue.
Wool: Soft, fine
Sheen: Very shiny
Handle: Floppy
Selvedge: Tightly braided dark brown goat hair
Fringe: Black on tan 'wave' pattern weft substitution with a thin blue and maroon weft brocade bordering the pile. Grey cotton thread persian closure.
Pile: 5mm
Warp: Naturally colored wool
Weft: Double blue cotton thread