ID# 49

Date: Supposedly 1990, probably before

Size: 49 x 84 inches
(124 x 213 cm)

Origin: Afghanistan

Style: Three Panel Landscape

Tribe: Baluchi

Condition: As opposed to the easy flow between grounds in Plate 2, this rug breaks foreground, middleground, and background into distinct separated panels. Marled threads run through the mountains and road. The vehicle border is typical of early rugs. First example of unusually drawn candy cane striped helicopters and airplanes.

Wool: Soft but pile cut very short.

Sheen: Fatty

Handle: Overly soft. Weak.

Selvedge: Checked flat 4 cord overcast.

Fringe: Kilim with weft brocade

Pile: 4mm

Warp: 2S naturally colored wool

Weft: Double black cotton thread

Warp Depression: No warp depression