Condition: Excellent. Beautiful fringe. Thick braided weft brocade on kilim end. Uneven length pile. Lots of abrash in the red ground.
This unique rug is allegedly from the estate of a Russian Diplomat and has a great red and blue-grey color scheme. Featuring unique fringe closures and interesting patterns, this rug is different than any seen before by warrug.com.
The main motifs appear to be vases with flowers, a common motif in rugs we've seen. However the vases also contain goats. Goats are also visible beside the vase, along with birds, vars, helicopters, and other small figures. A flock of white birds takes up the center of the rug.
The border of this rug doesn't seem to have any defined edge, instead a collection of white lines and shapes travels around the outside of the rug. The very edge of the rug shows a blue-grey border with white flowers inside of which are multicolored dots.
Wool: Nice, but not great. A bit thin.
Sheen: Very nice.
Handle: Floppy, soft. Very narrow radius on when folded.
Selvedge: Single cord thick braided goat hair. Not very dense.
Fringe: Beautiful. Long natural colored wool. Naturally colored wool plain weave with unique very thick red weft brocade on bottom, same stitch used as closure on top . Overhand knots on bottom.
Pile: 5mm
Warp: Long strand undyed wool.
Weft: Double wefted pink wool
