Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
559 €
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192 × 102(1.96 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 rug from the borderlands of southeastern Iran, 192 x 102 cm (6'4" x 3'4"). Baluch weavers are known for bold angular geometry and a deep, earthy palette of red and indigo, often built from memory rather than a drawn plan. This piece keeps its reds and blacks close in tone, so the design sits quieter than the type usually allows.
What you see
A deep brick red covers the field, and across it runs a tight grid of dark brown-black octagonal guls, set in narrow vertical columns that repeat without a centre or medallion. Because the two tones lie so near each other, the pattern reads more as shadow moving through the red than as a sharp figure against a ground. A bold border carries the same contrast further out: dark, zigzag diamonds against red, held between narrow cream guard stripes scattered with small dark stars.
How it was made
The wool is hand-spun, slightly uneven before it reaches the loom, and it takes natural dye unevenly too, which is why the red and the brown-black sit so close rather than snapping apart. Knotted by hand at 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre on a wool warp, with a pile of six millimetres, the weave holds its pattern firmly while still carrying the small irregularities of a rug worked from memory on a portable loom rather than a drawn plan.
At home
At just over one metre wide, this suits a hallway, a landing, or the floor beside a bed. The deep red warms a pale floor and holds its own against dark furniture. Underfoot the wool is dense and firm, made to be walked on rather than kept for best. Morning light moves across the columns of dark guls one at a time, so the rug never quite looks the same twice.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 252593
- Size
- 192 × 102 cm (1.96 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
- All-Over Pattern
- Weight
- ca. 6 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Traditional weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 192 × 102 cm (1.96 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 1.96 m² that is roughly 250,000 to 310,000 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.
Still have a question?
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Authenticity
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Ref: 252593
