Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
561 €
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203 × 101(2.05 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, 203 x 101 cm (6'8" x 3'4"). Baluch rugs are known for deep, earthy reds set against indigo, and for bold geometric patterns carried from memory rather than a drawn plan. Many carry a prayer-niche layout; this one does not. There is no medallion at all.
What you see
The field is a deep wine-red, filled edge to edge with a dense diamond lattice, each diamond holding a small stepped device rather than a single motif. Nothing sits at the centre; the pattern simply continues, evenly, in every direction, against a ground that darkens almost to black-brown between the diamonds. Around it runs a wide border, split into rectangular compartments that alternate small diamond guls with dark zigzag panels, framed by narrow cream meander stripes.
How it was made
The pile is hand-spun wool on a cotton warp, hand-knotted at a density of 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre and clipped low, to six millimetres. Hand-spun yarn varies slightly in thickness along its length, which is why the surface carries a faint rib rather than a flat, even plane, and why the red reads with real depth rather than one uniform tone. Keeping a lattice this regular across two metres, worked from memory rather than a drawn plan, is a mark of a steady hand.
At home
A rug this size suits a hallway, a landing, or the floor beside a bed, where the dark ground and deep red hold their colour even without much daylight. Underfoot it is dense and flat, firm rather than soft, built for daily use rather than kept for best. Morning light catches the cream border first, then settles into the lattice, drawing the eye along its length rather than to any one point.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 626973
- Size
- 203 × 101 cm (2.05 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 203 × 101 cm (2.05 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 2.05 m² that is roughly 260,000 to 330,000 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?
We are in the Hamburg Speicherstadt. Come and see this rug in daylight, or write to us — a person answers.
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Authenticity
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Ref: 626973
