Large Tree of Life Rug
Price on request
| ID# 1647 | Date: 1990s | -:- | Size 66 x 114 inches
(168 X290 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 6 h X 7 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Tree of Life Design, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Zakini |
| This is classic tree of life design showing the creatures of the Garden,. This rug #1647, the tree design has been simplified and abstracted. Plant motifs have been flattened into abstract patterns. Immediately below the brown, patterned, rectangle at the top right is an abstracted eagle carrying its prey, where the eagle has a green body and V shaped wings, and the prey is brown with three legs and a tail.
Rugs that contrast war motifs, like the border of this rug, with old patterns are the most exciting. The contrast of natural images with technology, like tanks, cars, or helicopters is one of the beauties of war rugs. This rug, #91, is a less abstracted example of the same pattern This blog post is about how rugs become abstracted, . and here is a good example of a not abstracted Mt. Fuji rug. And This blog post is about the design in this rug, #1647, compared to a regular rug of the same pattern. This post shows a a similar abstraction process with the Tyne Bridge and Newcastle Swing Bridge |
| Wool: Soft, short | Sheen: Slight shine | Handle: Floppy | Selvedge: Tightly braided blue wool |
| Fringe: No kilim, grey cotton thread persian closure | Pile: 5mm | Warp: Tan wool | Weft: Grey cotton |
| Warp Depression:Not depressed | |||
