Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
1.770 €
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196 × 111(2.18 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Belutsch
Where it comes from
This is a Baluch, also written Belouch, a tribal weaving from the border country of south-eastern Iran, measuring 196 x 111 cm (6'5" x 3'8"). These pieces are known for a dense, all-over floral geometry in deep reds and indigo, usually filling the field edge to edge with small repeating motifs. What sets this one apart is how little of that density survives here: the pattern has been pulled into something closer to architecture than ornament.
What you see
The field is a near-black navy, and across it run bold brick-red bands set on the diagonal, forming a diamond lattice rather than a scattered repeat. Inside each diamond sits a small boteh or rosette, but at this scale and against this ground they read less as individual motifs than as texture within the lattice itself. The effect is a strong zig-zag rather than the soft floral drift typical of the type. A wide cream border, taking up close to a fifth of the rug's width, carries red and brown vine scrollwork with small palmettes touched in green and pink, and against the dark field it reads almost luminous.
How it was made
A Baluch weaver worked from memory, without a drawn plan, on a portable loom, and the geometry here shows that hand plainly: the diagonals are firm in intention but not mechanically straight, which is exactly what gives the lattice its energy rather than a printed evenness. The wool is hand-spun, knotted at 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre onto a cotton warp, dense enough to hold the pattern's sharp diagonals crisply rather than letting them blur. At 6mm the pile sits low and flat, wool without sheen, which is why the red reads as a solid graphic band rather than a soft floral wash.
At home
At this size the rug suits a hallway, a landing, or the floor beside a bed rather than a large open room, and the near-black ground is an asset in a space with little daylight, since it will not show the grey that pale rugs take on in shadow. The red diagonals stay legible even in low light, giving a passage or a quiet corner a piece with real graphic presence. Underfoot it is flat, firm and dense, built for a rug that gets walked on rather than admired from the doorway. Under a lamp in the evening, the red bands catch first, and the eye follows the lattice long after the room has gone dark around it.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 248548
- Size
- 196 × 111 cm (2.18 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
- All-Over Pattern
- Weight
- ca. 6 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Traditional weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 196 × 111 cm (2.18 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 2.18 m² that is roughly 280,000 to 350,000 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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