This old rug offers an interesting example of how a
weaver can use a single simple form, nine soft colors of wool, and a
refined artistic sense to create an inviting, even exciting, random
design of polychrome squares. The slightly offset field, caused by
the extra-wide left-hand minor border, is a frequent characteristic
of Baluch weavings. Was this woven by two weavers with different
concepts of what a minor border should be?
Structural Data:
Size:
27 x 43 (79 cm x
130 cm)
Warp:
Natural white wool
Z2S. Moderate depression
Weft:
Light brown wool
Z2S. Two shoots
Pile:
Symmetrical h: 8 v: 9 kpi: 72
Colors:
(9) dark blue, medium blue, brick red, light
brick red, tan, light tan, auburgine, light brown, white
Selvages:
4 warp cords
weft-wrapped with brown goat hair overwrap
