Unusual Rare War Rug with Birds
| ID# 2066 | Date: 1980s | -:- | Size 39 x 72 inches
(99 X183 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 10 h X 13 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Anomaly War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| This unusual rug features four large red medallions running down the center. On either side of the medallions sits trucks, helicopters, and at the bottom two large orange and red birds sing towards the sky. Two building-shaped motifs sit at the top of the rug between rows of potted plants. The potted plants below the buildings have a unique bright neon blue center, the only place in the rug with this color. Above the buildings are two bright green dots. |
| Wool: Soft, fine | Sheen: Great shine | Handle: Floppy | Selvedge: Black tightly braided black goat hair |
| Fringe: Natural plain weave with grey diamond weft substitution pattern. Braided knots. | Pile: 5mm | Warp: Naturally colored wool | Weft: Black cotton thread |
| Warp Depression:Depressed | |||
