Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
364 €
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89 × 65(0.58 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Belutsch
Where it comes from
Among Baluch weavings, the customary layout is a prayer niche or an all-over geometric field, worked in deep red and indigo from memory on a portable loom. This piece is smaller and stranger than that: 89 x 65 cm (2'11" x 2'2"), a size meant for a modest corner rather than a floor, and a design that departs from the tribe's usual grammar to tell a story instead of repeating one.
What you see
The field is ivory, pale enough that everything set against it reads clearly. At its centre sits a framed vignette: a man and a woman in traditional dress, faces and clothing individually drawn rather than stylised, set within a surround of olive-green leaves. A patch of deep navy sits behind the couple, holding the two figures forward of the floral ground. Around this scene run several black-ground borders, filled with cream, rust and olive stars and diamonds in tight lattice, together taking up roughly a quarter of the rug's width and closing the pale centre like a frame around a small painting.
How it was made
Baluch weavers work without a drawn cartoon, carrying pattern in memory rather than on paper, which is what usually gives their rugs their loose, personal geometry. Here that same memory has been asked to hold faces and figures rather than a repeating motif, and the result is a finer, more careful pile at the centre, with crisper outlines around the couple than the flatter, denser border bands around them. At 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, tied by hand into a wool foundation with a hand-spun wool pile, the density is enough to hold those outlines steady after twenty to forty years of handling.
At home
A piece this size and this personal suits a small, close space: a console by the front door, a bedside table, a shelf in a study where it will be seen from a foot or two away rather than across a room. Against pale floors the ivory field sits quietly, while the rust and indigo in the vignette hold their own in low light. The wool is dense underfoot rather than soft, firm enough for a spot that sees daily footsteps, and close to it, in a good light, the two figures are the first thing anyone notices.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 190629
- Size
- 89 × 65 cm (0.58 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 6 mm
- Knots
- 128,000 – 160,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Wool
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- 20-40 Years
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- Bilderteppich
- Weight
- ca. 1 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Traditional weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 89 × 65 cm (0.58 m²) this is a small rug. It works beside a bed, in a reading corner, in front of a fireplace or as a mat by a door. It does not furnish a room; it makes a point in one.
Is this rug hand-knotted?
Yes, knotted by hand — knot by knot on a loom, not machine-made. The density is 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre; across 0.58 m² that is roughly 70,000 to 90,000 individual knots, every one of them tied by hand.
How do I care for this rug?
Hand-spun wool still carries its own lanolin, which keeps liquid sitting on the surface for a moment: blot quickly, with clear water and a light cloth, working inwards and without rubbing. Otherwise regular vacuuming along the pile is enough. Turn the rug once or twice a year so light and footfall reach it evenly.
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Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 190629
