Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
664 €
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194 × 102(1.98 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Belutsch
Where it comes from
A Baluch, also written Belouch, this is a tribal and nomadic weaving from the borderlands of southeastern Iran, made on a portable loom rather than in a workshop. It measures 194 x 102 cm (6'4" x 3'4"). The type is known for deep, earthy colour and for prayer-niche layouts, but this piece takes the niche idea further than most: it is built as three separate framed compartments rather than one continuous field.
What you see
The field is a deep brick red, and across it run three cream-bordered niches set one above the other, each holding its own stepped diamond medallion. Narrow cream lattice panels flank the column on either side, keeping the three compartments visually apart rather than letting the eye slide from one to the next. A wide dark red-brown border encloses the whole design, edged by a slim cream guard stripe of small geometric diamonds that separates border from field with real clarity. The overall effect is less a single pattern than a sequence of three related pictures, set side by side like panels in a triptych.
How it was made
That effect comes directly from how the rug was made. A Baluch weaver works from memory, without a drawn plan, repeating a motif by eye rather than tracing a fixed cartoon, and here she has drawn the same niche three times over rather than stretching one motif across the whole field. Look closely and the three are not identical, which is the mark of a hand working from memory rather than a machine reading a template. The wool is handspun, knotted onto a wool warp at a density of roughly 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, and the 6mm pile sits dense and slightly ribbed underfoot rather than sheared flat.
At home
A rug this size suits a hallway or landing, somewhere it will be crossed rather than only seen. The brick red holds its warmth in a passage with little daylight, and the indigo notes in the border keep it from reading as one flat block of colour against dark floorboards. Underfoot it is firm and substantial, wool built for daily footsteps rather than careful protection. Walk past it through the day and the three framed niches catch the light in turn, one after another, never quite all at once.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 614986
- Size
- 194 × 102 cm (1.98 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 194 × 102 cm (1.98 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 1.98 m² that is roughly 250,000 to 320,000 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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