1988 Amman Ullah Khan Rug
| ID# 1614 | Date: 1988 - dated at top right | -:- | Size 36 x 59 inches
(92 X150 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 9 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Amman Ullah Khan War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Mushwani |
| Rich, brightly colored 1988 rug featuring Amman Ullah Kahn posing in a bright orange and navy blue uniform. Red and orange birds perched are on flowers on each of his shoulders and on the bottom left side of the rug. Two jets, a rifle, and two four-legged animals sit in the bottom right corner of the composition. A row of navy blue birds borders the top and bottom edges of the image.
Red, orange, and white flowers on a maroon background, typical of Mushwani rugs, border the image, the outer guard stripe is made up of red, white, and orange flowers on a dark navy blue background. The three areas are separated by thin blue and red lines.
The overall condition is good, but there is minor moth damage in a few places: Several small areas (smaller than a dime) of moth damage throughout the rug, quarter sized spot on the top right corner. |
| Wool: Soft, lays flat. | Sheen: Very good sheen | Handle: Floppy and flexible | Selvedge: Black goat-hair, minor damage where overcasting is missing in one inch section. |
| Fringe: Short, no braid. End finish removed, closed with single grey cotton thread. | Pile: 5mm | Warp: Short naturally colored wool, subtle blue coloring at base. | Weft: Double wefted grey cotton |
| Warp Depression:Corduroy texture, so alternating warps are depressed about 45 degrees. | |||
