Baluch Area Rug

Description

Baluch Area Rug

Baluchi carpets are handmade carpets originally made by Baluch nomads, living near the border between Iran and Afghanistan. Each piece utilizes the design skills and showcases the individuality of each weaver. Each rug is hand-woven using beautiful vegetable dyed Baluchi wools. These pieces were woven with utility in mind. The workmanship is of high quality; these carpets are tight and thin and give a real feeling of genuine nomadic handicraft.

This particular Baluch Area Rug is in Excellent Condition, and has a beautiful design encompassing two rows of cross symbols (Symbolizing Faith) inside Diamonds (signifying woman) inside a Bereket (representing fertility) and two rows of Guls (octagonal medallions with mirror reflection symmetry). The field is surrounded by a inner border  and guard border made up of a graceful pattern that is seen in Bijars, Hamadans, and other rugs of Northwestern Persia is represented, it was probably derived from an old form of leaf and tendril.

This Baluch Area Rug is rendered beautifully in deep navy, red, orange, ivory, brown and green. This area rug has a very soft pile.

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