Red rug with colored bullet trim, grenade, flower, and air bomber pattern
| ID# 1558 | Date: 1990s | -:- | Size 40 x 64 inches
(101 X162 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 8 | Origin: Pakistan | Style: -Red Rugs, a war rug classic. , Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| This is a very unusual Red Rug. The drawing of the images in uniquely simple. The simple helicopters and the APC filled with circles with circle wheels are both unusual. The use of many small tertiary designs throughout the field creates an interesting all over effect. Well drawn classic bullet border. This rug is in new condition. Red Rugs were woven in Pakistan during the 1990s until the international community forced the Taliban out of Afghanistan in 2001. The weavers of these rugs were Afghan refugees who returned to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban. The Red rugs currently available have been sitting in warehouses since they were woven in the 1990's so their condition is excellent and like new. |
| Wool: Good | Sheen: Good | Handle: Floppy side of strudy. Not as stiff as most red rugs. | Selvedge: Medium diameter single cord wrapped in black wool |
| Fringe: Tea washed cotton kilim, overhand knots with short fringe | Pile: 5mm | Warp: White cotton | Weft: Black wool |
| Warp Depression:Moderate warp depression | |||
