Car Style War Rug with Civil War Era Rockets
| ID# 942 | Date: Mid 1990s | -:- | Size 42 x 76 inches
(107 X193 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 10 h X 10 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Car Style War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| Low pile in area, but not worn to knots, lost kilim ends, sarnach. Color is excellent, Super Duper rug = Rocks the hard jams. Good selvedge. |
| Wool: The best, soft, lush, well oxidized | Sheen: Excellent | Handle: Strong soft floppy | Selvedge: Very finely done double cord braided goat hair. Excellently done |
| Fringe: Kilim ends appear to have been lost. Persian closure at end of knots. | Pile: Short pile, 3mm | Warp: Dark hand spun, coarse and fair quality wool | Weft: Grey cotton |
| Warp Depression:Corduroy texture, 45 to 60 degrees | |||
