Vegetable Dye Small Afghanistan War Rug
| ID# 54 | Date: Contemporary | -:- | Size 21 x 42 inches
(53 X107 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 7 h X 9 | Origin: Pakistan | Style: -Vegetable Dye War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| This is an example of a type of vegetable dye rug which was common in 1999 and 2000. This rug had unusually good drawing and composition. These seem to be antique washed as seen in the very dark wool fringe. Dense wool. Nice quality. A lot of these rugs had the circular motif in the upper left. |
| Wool: Good quality rug wool | Sheen: Fair, not much. | Handle: Strong, stiff. | Selvedge: 3 cord flat overcast |
| Fringe: Grey kilim, short. | Pile: Wool | Warp: Cotton | Weft: Long wool |
| Warp Depression:Full Depression | |||