Small Rug

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This little gem, while hardly a thing of beauty, is the only rug that ever made me laugh out loud at first sighting.  The weaver must have been a mother with a mischievous sense of humor.  It is interesting to speculate that this piece and the five tiny ones preceding it (plates 20-24) are not balisht but a group of very small rugs perhaps made for use by children.  Answers escape us, but careful examination of the end finishes and design elements certainly gives merit to the possibility.

 
  
   
 

Structural Data:

Size:

1’11” x 2’9”  (81 cm x 69 cm)

Warp:

Natural white wool – Z2S. 

Weft:

Light brown wool – Z2S.  Two shoots

Pile:

Asymmetrical, open to left.  h: 6 v: 8  kpi: 48

Colors:

 (7) dark blue, dark green, red, aubergine, dark brown, camel, white

Selvages:

4 warp cords weft-wrapped with black goat hair overwrap

Ends:

Remnants of weft-faced flatweave finish. 

 
   

Online Exhibition:

"Baluch" from the Collection of Mark Hopkins


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