Pink Field War Rug with Tanks Outlined in Red
| ID# 1553 | Date: 2010 | Price:$ 0 | Size 34 x 51 inches
(87 X130 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 8 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Ten Tank War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| Great design in very nice quality rug. Knotting is dense with excellent wool. Design is unique with a highly stylized border and lots of SSS shapes on the pink field. One of the best war rugs from western Afghanistan that we have received in a while.
Same weaver as rug #1546 |
| Wool: Excellent | Sheen: Very good | Handle: Dense and thick pile makes this the strong sort of Baluchi, so it's less floppy than most. | Selvedge: Tightly bound braided goat hair overcast. |
| Fringe: Short kilim, overhand knots and long dark brown fringe. | Pile: 7mm | Warp: 2Z unplied very dark long strand wool | Weft: Grey cotton |
| Warp Depression:Flat, almost no warp depression | |||
