Balisht Face

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This piece exemplifies a technique that, when used well, adds much to the drama of “Baluch” weavings: the judicious, sparing use of spot color in carefully chosen locations.  Here it is the blue green that does the trick, adding a new dimension of sparkle to what would have otherwise been a fairly drab if strikingly drawn creation.  Note that the field contains the same design motifs that are present in two much older pieces in this exhibition (plates 3 & 4).
  
 
 

Structural Data:

Size:

1’7” x 2’8”  (48 cm x 81 cm)

Warp:

Natural white wool – Z2S.  Slight depression

Weft:

Brown wool – Z2S.  Two shoots

Pile:

Asymmetrical, open to left.  h: 8  v: 12  kpi: 96

Colors:

 (8) dark blue, medium blue, pale blue, red, reddish brown, dark brown, camel, white

Selvages:

On left: 2 warp cords weft-wrapped with brown goat hair overwrap.  On right: 6 warp cords weft-wrapped with brown goat hair overwrap.

Ends:

Missing 

 
   

Online Exhibition:

"Baluch" from the Collection of Mark Hopkins


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