Styles Page

For sale: Hand woven carpet from Afghanistan

New Condition Car Style War Rug

ID# 1635
Date: Late 1980's - early 1990's
Size: 34 x 55 inches
(87 x 140 cm)
Origin: Afghanistan
Style: Car Style War Rugs
Tribe: Timuri
Condition: New colorful Car style blue rug with bright magenta accents. Features alternating lines of tanks and helecopters in various greens, browns, blues, and pinks. Negative space is filled with smaller cars and flowers.
The main border is made of branches of flowers connected by thin brown vines. The two guard stripes (unusual for this kind of rug) have intricate similar flower patterns.
Wool: Fine, soft
Sheen: Very shiny and lustrous
Handle: Medium flop
Selvedge: Tightly braided black goat hair with good coverage
Fringe: 1in naturally colored plain weave wool
Pile: 7mm
Warp: Naturally colored wool
Weft: Dark grey cotton thread
Warp Depression: Slight warp depression
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