Blue Ten Tank Rug with Bright Red Airplanes
| ID# 1528 | Date: Early 2000's (Judging by car border. This image was used in an early group of very fine war rugs, but later was appropriated into a larger group of rugs) | -:- | Size 42 x 74 inches
(107 X188 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 7 h X 8 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Late Car Style (2010's and beyond), Other examples of this style | Tribe: Timuri |
| New condition piece with good colors. Car border indicates the 2000's. The red airplanes really pop on blue field while brown give a good chromatic foundation. The writing on the sides of the tanks says, "tank", but it has become abstracted in this example. |
| Wool: The wool as good abrash, and the different colors have different textures. | Sheen: Good wool produces good sheen. | Handle: Floppy, typical of type. | Selvedge: Braided goat hair. |
| Fringe: Nice end finish with floated weft brocade and zig-zag weft substitution. | Pile: 5mm | Warp: Tan wool. Classic. Number 2 | Weft: Grey cotton, per usual. |
| Warp Depression:Flat back. The warps all lay on one plane, so they are not depressed at all. | |||
