Very Fine Baluchi Cloud-Medallion Rug
Denison Museum, - 2008-02-15
| ID# 781 | Date: 1980s | -:- | Size 39 x 57 inches
(99 X145 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 14 h X 10 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Latif Chel War Rugs , Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| Incredibly high quality fine, dense rug. The wool quality is excellent and the drawings are intricate. Six gold medallions on the cream-colored field are surrounded by smaller medallions and detailed motifs of helicopters. The detailed 'main border' is made up of 12 thinner geometric sections. |
| Wool: Very fine, soft | Sheen: Velvety | Handle: Stiff but flexible | Selvedge: 3 cord flat black wool |
| Fringe: White chevrons on a dark blue background, weft substitution. Red plain weave stripes on either side. Bases of fringe plain weaved then knotted together. | Pile: 3mm | Warp: Very fine naturally colored wool | Weft: Light grey cotton thread |
| Warp Depression:Fully depressed | |||
