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For sale: Hand woven carpet from Afghanistan

Golden Border War Rug with All Over Tank and Airplane Field

ID# 1467
Date: middle 1990s
Size: 45 x 68 inches
(115 x 173 cm)
Origin: Afghanistan
Style: Golden Border War Rugs (without ewers)
Tribe: Baluchi
Condition: Like new condition. Light border wool clumpy with lanolin. The pattern of this rug is unique. Typically golden border rugs are either all over fighter jet designs, rows of tanks, or two ewer designs. This rug uniquely combines fighter jets, tanks, and
Wool: Very good to excellent.
Sheen: Good. Best in light border, good on blue field, less shiny on tan.
Handle: Floppy and slightly springy.
Selvedge: Good quality braided goat hair overcast.
Fringe: One inch blue plain weave kilim, Persian closure, light tan wool fringe.
Pile: 6mm
Warp: 2S natural tan colored wool
Weft: Two shoots grey cotton.
Warp Depression: 75 degree warp depression, almost full
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet