Blue Ten Tank War Rug
| ID# 910 | Date: 1990's | -:- | Size 44 x 78 inches
(112 X198 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 9 h X 8 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Ten Tank War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| The tanks in this rug are in a non-aggressive 'guns up' formation, symbolizing the Soviet retreat out of Afghanistan. The abstracted bulbous forms of the tanks add to the pattern, while the negative space is occupied by small rifles, checkered motifs, flowers, and other figures. The border consists of four alternating brown flower and yellow patterned thin stripes.
Similar but higher quality version of this rug |
| Wool: Soft and nice | Sheen: Very shiny | Handle: Medium flop | Selvedge: Tightly braided dark brown goat hair with okay coverage |
| Fringe: Naturally colored wool plain weave with two blue and brown weft brocades | Pile: 6mm | Warp: Naturally colored wool | Weft: Double grey cotton thread |
| Warp Depression:Slight to no warp depression | |||
