Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
627 €
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191 × 97(1.85 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 borderlands of southeastern Iran, measuring 191 x 97 cm (6'3" x 3'2"). Rugs of this kind are knotted from memory by women working on portable looms, and they are known above all for a deep, earthy palette of red and indigo carried in bold, angular pattern. What marks this piece out within that tradition is restraint: an ivory field, and a pattern set out in order rather than scattered.
What you see
The field itself is a warm, creamy white, unusual ground for a Baluch, and across it run five vertical columns of red boteh alternating with small floral rosettes touched with mustard, green and orange. There is no central medallion; the eye simply follows the columns down the length of the field, which gives the whole piece a quieter, more architectural rhythm than the typical dense scatter of botehs on a dark ground. Between some of the palmettes sit small comma-shaped red figures, which may echo stylised birds, though the pattern reads clearly enough without needing them to be. A wide, multi-band border closes the piece: brick-red ground, an indigo zigzag, and a crisp cream zigzag guard stripe, together taking up perhaps a fifth of the width and holding the pale field firmly in place.
How it was made
The wool is hand-spun and hand-knotted onto a cotton warp, and it is this hand-spun character, slightly uneven in thickness, that gives the surface its matte, textured finish rather than any sheen. At a density of 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, this sits at the coarser, sturdier end of tribal weaving, which is exactly what lets a 6 mm pile stand up firmly rather than lie soft and shallow. The five columns are close but not identical, a small trace of the weaver working from memory rather than from a fixed drawing, which is part of what keeps the order in this piece feeling knotted rather than printed.
At home
At this size, the rug suits a hallway, a landing, or the floor beside a bed, somewhere it will be seen daily rather than only glimpsed. The ivory field lifts a dark hallway with no daylight, while the brick-red and navy in the border hold their own against darker furniture nearby. Underfoot it is dense and firm, built for a well-used passage rather than a room kept for best. In any light, the cream zigzag guard along the border catches first, drawing the eye back down those calm red columns.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 389987
- Size
- 191 × 97 cm (1.85 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 191 × 97 cm (1.85 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 1.85 m² that is roughly 240,000 to 300,000 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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