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2020 Dark Blue Field Reaper Drone War Rug with Cerulean and Ochre border.
Exhibited at:
ID# 1807
Date: 2020. Received November 2020.
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Size 24 x 39 inches
(61 X99 cm)
Knots/Inch:
8 h X 10
Origin: Afghanistan
Style:
-Reaper Drone War Rug,
Other examples of this style
Tribe: Turkman
Bleed of field blue into white latticed fringe shows overdying, while very slight tip fading showing a hard washing. The light blue in the tertiary planes is lovely, and ochre is very nice.
Wool: Good, no conditioning rinse on wash
Sheen:
Could be better. A little dry.
Handle:
Sturdy and strong
Selvedge
: Integrated selvedge wrapped in field blue. This is big improvement in 2020 Drone War Rugs.
Fringe
: Four cotton wefts hold three bands of diagonal lattice groups of warps. It is a sweet touch. Also seen in earlier
Medallion Drone War rugs
.
Pile: 4mm
Warp: White cotton
Weft:
Buff cotton
Warp Depression:Warps fully depressed.