Yellow Jets War Rug
| ID# 880 | Date: 1980s | -:- | Size 34 x 58 inches
(87 X148 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 9 h X 9 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Rows of Weapons War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| A richly colored blue and gold rug featuring contrasting bright sage green and red accents. The rug sports two different greens, a lighter, almost neon green that has faded from a darker emerald color, and the darker forest green.
The primary motifs are made of nine tanks in three rows of three separated by three rows of helicopters and small trucks. A row of three fighter jets sits on each end of the rug. Red, gold, and green flowers, plants, and other symbols make up the tertiary motifs. The main composition is bordered by a string of brown and tan wave/zig-zag shapes, then bordered by an ornamental tree pattern derivative of those from Ancient Greece. The rug is pockmarked by sarnachs. |
| Wool: Very high quality, smooth, soft, and fine. | Sheen: Very shiny and lustrous | Handle: Very light and floppy | Selvedge: Tightly braided black goat hair in good condition. |
| Fringe: No kilim. Tied off with grey cotton cord. | Pile: 4 mm | Warp: 1in long naturally colored 2S wool | Weft: Grey cotton thread |
| Warp Depression:Very slight warp depression | |||
