Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
618 €
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207 × 111(2.30 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, here in a compact 207 x 111 cm (6'9" x 3'8"). The type is known for bold, angular geometry and deep, earthy colour, most often built around a mihrab, the prayer-niche shape that gives many Baluch rugs their name. This piece carries no such centre: the pattern runs unbroken from edge to edge.
What you see
The ground is a deep brown-black, almost lost beneath a dense lattice of crimson diamonds set diagonally across the whole field, each one built from a small stylised rosette. Tiny ivory dots move through the design, catching the eye against the dark wool without ever breaking the rhythm of the grid. A wide, many-banded border frames the field, alternating red and dark ground, each band carrying its own small diamond medallions and a zigzag guard stripe, kept close in tone to the field rather than cutting across it.
How it was made
The wool is hand-spun and knotted by hand onto a cotton warp, at a density of 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, modest by workshop standards but typical of a rug built for use rather than display. The pile sits low and tight, six millimetres deep, with a crisp, slightly uneven texture that comes from knotting by hand and from memory rather than from a fixed drawn plan. Hand-spun yarn varies a little in thickness as it is drawn, and it may be this that leaves the faint lighter flecks of red moving quietly through the field.
At home
A rug this size earns its place in a hallway or by a doorway, somewhere it is seen daily rather than sat upon for long. The dark ground holds its own even where daylight is thin, and the red lattice keeps the space feeling warm rather than heavy. Underfoot it is dense and firm, made for a well-used passage rather than a room that stands still. Morning light picks out the rosettes one row at a time, and no two mornings show quite the same ones.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 575810
- Size
- 207 × 111 cm (2.30 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 207 × 111 cm (2.30 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 2.30 m² that is roughly 290,000 to 370,000 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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