The Styles of War Rugs

ID# 921	Date: mid-1990s	-:-	Size 47 x 80 inches (118 X203 cm)
Knots/Inch: 10 h X 12	Origin: Afghanistan	Style: -F-16 Rugs, Other examples of this style	Tribe: Baluchi

Excellent

Wool: Soft, consistent, very high quality	Sheen: Good	Handle: Floppy	Selvedge: Tightly wrapped braided goat hair over two cords. Sometimes braid sits on outside of selvedge with two cords on top of one another which shows some of grey wefts against edge of pile.
Fringe: 2 inch killim, 2 inches fringe with double strand twining closing kilim. At bottom warps are twisted together, perhaps from being looped and then cut. Top fringe is sometimes loose and sometimes braided together and then apparently cut.	Pile: 4mm - 7mm	Warp: 2S1Z plied	Weft: Two cords dark grey cotton.
Warp Depression:30 degrees