Red Rug with Pairs of Armored Personnel Carriers
| ID# 1816 | Date: Probably 1990's but imported to the US in the mid 2000's. | -:- | Size 40 x 66 inches
(101 X168 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 8 | Origin: Pakistan | Style: -Red Rugs, a war rug classic. , Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| The range of colors and how they play of the red field make this rug beautiful. The abstracted script is consistent with these rugs. The realism of the AK-47's drawing is brilliant. The airplane border moves the eye round the outside of the rug. |
| Wool: Good. | Sheen: Good | Handle: Strong, sturdy, and firm. | Selvedge: Single thick cord with black overcast. |
| Fringe: Short cotton kilim end, overhand knots, and short fringe. | Pile: 5mm wool | Warp: White cotton | Weft: Black, or maybe dark blue, cotton. |
| Warp Depression:Nearly full warp depression. | |||
