Small Houses Afghan War Rug
| ID# 458 | Date: 2000 | -:- | Size 33 x 55 inches
(84 X140 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 7 h X 7 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Landscape Pictorial War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Taimani |
| This rug is meant to be viewed horizontally (the right side as the bottom) and appears to be an abstracted version of this rug. A row of blue and red geometric trees is followed by a road. A large silhouette of a mosque stands tall against a black sky filled with tanks, helicopters, and other motifs. The square is depicted to the left of the mosque. |
| Wool: This is wool particular to a branch of Timpani Beluch. It is light, soft and lustrous. This wool tends to sit flat | Sheen: Very good. | Handle: floppy | Selvedge: Two cords green, incomplete on left side |
| Fringe: 1"" kilim, no closure knots, 1"" fringe, green on bottom and purple on top | Pile: 6mm | Warp: Natural wool | Weft: double green |
| Warp Depression:30 degrees | |||
