Hand woven carpet from Afghanistan for sale

Shanama War Rug about April 1979 Uprising in Heart

Exhibited at:
Miami University Art Museum – 2007-09-07
Esso Gallery – 2005-01-25
Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College – 2002-10-04

ID# 10010

Date: 1979

Price: $37,500.00

Size: 54 × 94 in
(137 × 239 cm)

Knots/inch: 7 × 8

Origin: Afghanistan

Style: Mythic Figure War Rugs
Other examples

Tribe: Baluchi

Warp Depression: Minimal to no warp depression

Wear but sound. Most wear to middle, borders fine.

Wool: Loosely spun, likely by hand. Soft

Sheen: Very good sheen. Best luster on red and white wool

Handle: Floppy

Selvedge: Wide two cord braided goat hair. Two cords are both thick and lay side by side, giving selvedge it unusual thickness

Fringe: Half inch kilim, Persian closure, one inch fringe.

Pile: 1mm-6mm

Warp: 2S grey wool, tightly plied together, curly like kilim ends reduced

Weft: Two shoots grey wool.

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet

For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet