Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
533 €
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196 × 109(2.14 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Belutsch
Where it comes from
A Baluch tribal rug, also written Belouch, from the border country of southeastern Iran, 196 x 109 cm (6'5" x 3'7"). These weavings are known for dense, dark grounds in deep red and indigo, often built around a prayer-niche form passed down through a family line. This piece is knotted by the same tribal hand, but it opens the field to plain ivory instead of the usual saturated ground.
What you see
The field reads wide and pale, a warm cream that Baluch weavers rarely leave so bare. Across it march three rows of stylised, peacock-like birds, each row alternating with tall feathered plant forms, so the eye follows them almost as a procession rather than a repeat. Every bird carries its own small pattern, a dotted body here, a striped one there, in navy, camel and red, so the colour shifts row by row as it crosses the field. A narrow border in dark red and black, sharp against the cream, closes the composition without ever competing with it.
How it was made
Baluch rugs are knotted from memory on a portable loom, with no drawn plan to follow, and the hand shows in the slight unevenness of the rows and in the birds' varying markings. The wool is hand-spun rather than machine-spun, so the yarn keeps a natural irregularity that catches the light unevenly across the matte pile. At 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, the weave is looser than a city workshop would allow, which is exactly what lets the drawing stay bold and open instead of fine and crowded. Woven twenty to forty years ago, it still carries its maker's hand clearly.
At home
At 196 x 109 cm this is a rug for a hallway or a landing, somewhere it is seen in passing rather than settled under furniture. The ivory field lifts a corridor with no daylight of its own, while the dark red border keeps its edge defined against a wooden floor. Underfoot it is dense and slightly springy, the hand-spun wool built to take daily footsteps rather than sit protected. Pass it morning and evening and the birds seem to change colour as the light shifts, never quite the same procession twice.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 244887
- Size
- 196 × 109 cm (2.14 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 6 mm
- Knots
- 128,000 – 160,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Cotton
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- 20-40 Years
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- Floral
- Weight
- ca. 5 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Traditional weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 196 × 109 cm (2.14 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 2.14 m² that is roughly 270,000 to 340,000 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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Ref: 244887
