Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
315 €
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193 × 99(1.91 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 south-eastern Iran, 193 x 99 cm (6'4" x 3'3"). Rugs of this type are prized for deep, earthy colour, most often a dark madder or near-black ground carrying the pattern in glowing reds and indigo. This piece breaks from that norm: the ground here is a light, warm ivory, and everything about it reads differently as a result.
What you see
Rows of dark maroon octagonal guls march across that ivory field, each one centred on a small rosette touched with rose and terracotta, set tight and even with no medallion to anchor the middle. Because the field is pale rather than dark, the lattice stands forward with unusual clarity, each diamond crisp against its ground rather than sinking into it. Several narrow guard stripes in ivory and black-brown separate the field from a broad brick-red border, itself carrying a fine dark diamond trellis, the two bands together making up roughly a fifth of the rug's width.
How it was made
The wool is hand-spun, as is traditional for Baluch weaving, spun by hand rather than machine and so slightly uneven in thickness from one length of yarn to the next. Knotted at 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre and clipped to a flat 6 mm pile, that wool has been worked tightly enough to hold a sharp, graphic edge on every diamond rather than blurring into its neighbour, which is exactly what lets the pale ground do its work. It is this combination, fine clipping on an unusually light field, that gives the lattice its clarity rather than the softer, sunken look this weaving group is more often known for.
At home
At just under a metre wide and close to two metres long, this is a rug for a hallway, a landing, or the floor beside a bed, somewhere the ivory ground can lift a space that gets little daylight. The wool is dense and firm underfoot, flat rather than deep, and made to be walked on rather than kept for best. As the light moves across it through the day, the crisp black-brown edges of the lattice catch and let go in turn, keeping the pattern alive rather than static underfoot.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 638334
- Size
- 193 × 99 cm (1.91 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 193 × 99 cm (1.91 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 1.91 m² that is roughly 240,000 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.
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Ref: 638334
