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For sale: Hand woven carpet from Afghanistan

Older 4 Frame Pictorial Afghan War Rug

ID# 26
Date: 1980's
Size: 33 x 50 inches
(84 x 127 cm)
Origin: Afghanistan
Style: Four Panel Landscape (2X2)
Tribe: Baluchi
Condition: Condition is fair, but design is very nice. There is a hole, missing pile, worn pile, and crease wear. Colors are very soft and nice. Great combination of images: pictorial cityscape with tanks and APCs but also hand guns way out of scale. Birds too.
Wool: Soft but somewhat brittle.
Sheen: Very nice, polished knot on back.
Handle: loose, floppy. 1.5 inch diameter on fold.
Selvedge: braided goat overcast. Damaged.
Fringe: No kilim. Overhand knots, 1 inch fringe. Natural wool color. Slightly grey.
Pile: wool
Warp: Natural wool.
Weft: Grey cotton.
Warp Depression: minimal
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet