Product Description
Details
Collection: Baluch Rug.
Age: 40-60 Years (Semi Antique).
Size FT: 8' 2'' x 4' 0'' .
Size CM: 250 cm x 122 cm.
Colors: Red, Blue, Red-Brown, Camel, Cream, Black, White.
Material: 100% Natural Wool and Cotton.
Has fringe.
Baluch Rugs
This hand-knotted Semi Antique Baluch rug from Sistan and Baluchestan, khorasan - 8x4 ft - presents a compelling Boteh composition woven in Red, Blue, a living record of one of Persia's great regional weaving traditions. Woven on
all-wool foundations with a soft, lustrous, medium-length pile, Baluch rugs possess a warmth, flexibility, and tactile quality that distinguishes them from the stiffer cotton-foundation rugs of village and city weaving centers.
Each piece is the creation of a single weaver working from memory and tribal tradition, making every Baluch rug a unique artistic document - an irreproducible record of individual creative vision within the framework of a living
tribal culture.
Baluch rugs emerge from the vast, austere, and profoundly beautiful landscape of Baluchistan - a region spanning the eastern borderlands of Persia and western Afghanistan - where nomadic and semi-nomadic Baluch tribal weavers
have been producing textiles of remarkable intensity for many centuries. Often described as the dark jewels of tribal weaving, Baluch rugs are treasured for their deep, dramatic color palette, their bold graphic geometry, and
the sense of individual artistic personality that distinguishes the finest examples.
The color world of Baluch rugs is immediately distinctive and unlike any other Persian weaving tradition. Deep rust reds and warm madder browns form the predominant ground colors, accented by near-black secondary elements that
create intense visual drama, warm undyed camel and ivory wools providing natural contrast, and occasional touches of pure white cotton used for the most delicate geometric highlights. This restricted, dark palette ages over the
decades into tones of extraordinary richness and complexity.
The design vocabulary of Baluch rugs draws on a rich geometric tradition that includes prayer rug formats with mihrab arches framing stylized trees of life, all-over field compositions of angular palmettes and hooked diamonds,
bold central medallion designs surrounded by multiple stepped geometric borders, and occasional pictorial elements - camels, horses, geometric human figures - that root these rugs firmly in the nomadic world that produced
them.
Specifications
Original name: Baluch Rug.
Alternative name(s): Baluch Carpet.
Origin: Sistan and Baluchestan, khorasan.
Category: Village, Nomadic.
Common designs: Mihrab, Boteh.
Dyeing method: Natural, Synthetic.
Pile material: Wool, Camel Hair.
Foundation material: Wool, Cotton, Camel Wool.
Knot type: Asymmetrical (Persian).
Notes
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