White Field, Large, Unexploded Ordnance Rug. First example
| ID# 1803 | Date: 2020 Completed 2020 Received by company November 2020 Published in USA November 2020 | -:- | Size 77 x 155 inches
(196 X394 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 11 h X 11 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Unexploded Ordnance, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| This rug, and the group of which it is a part, are all exceptionally well made from the best quality materials. The designs are well organized with a strong composition. Borders are beautiful, particularly the corner motifs.
Introducing a new design in 2020 from weavers in Afghanistan. The rug's style is "Chobi" or "Vegetal Dye Peshawar", but this style is no longer woven in camps around Peshawar Pakistan. The style's production moved to Afghanistan with returning refugees during the past 20 years. This rug seems to be woven by the same weavers as the drone rugs, but the knotting in this rug is significantly finer than recent drone rugs. The wool is excellent. The washing is also excellent, emphasizing the wool's sheen. A note about photography. The rug is square but the step ladder was not tall enough to get over the center of the rug, so please excuse the perspective in the full rug photos. |
| Wool: Top quality hand spun wool. The wool originates in Ghazni, Afghanistan, and Warrug.com recently learned that some wool is imported from sheep in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. In any case the wool is dense, soft, and full of lanolin. | Sheen: Excellent. The best | Handle: Very firm. See photos of rug folded over and notice the wide diameter of the fold. | Selvedge: Appears to be two cord overcast with wool of the field color. Selvedge appears to have an inclination to roll under. |
| Fringe: Two inches white cotton. | Pile: 5mm, full thick and even pile. | Warp: White cotton | Weft: Two shoots white cotton |
| Warp Depression:Full warp depression, also known as "double knotted" because viewing the rug from the back, one sees only half the knot nodes. | |||
