Tyne River Swing Bridge and Through Arch Bridge Rug with Small Buildings Under Arch
| ID# 1493 | Date: 2005 | -:- | Size 34 x 55 inches
(87 X140 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 10 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Tyne Bridge and Swing Bridge in Newcastle, England, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| This rug's condition is excellent and apparently new. There are a wide variety of marled colors: tan and green, navy and tan, red and navy. Drawing of this rugs motif is unusually refined and abstracted. |
| Wool: The wool is new and fresh. | Sheen: New wool which is not much oxidized so sheen is underdeveloped | Handle: Example of floppy with strength. | Selvedge: Medium coverage of braided goat hair showing glimpses of grey cotton wefts underneath. |
| Fringe: Very short plain weave kilim, thick Persian closure, Kinky warps where kilim was reduced | Pile: 4mm | Warp: Dark grey wool mixed with light tan wool | Weft: Grey cotton. |
| Warp Depression:Almost no warp depression so pretty much flat | |||
