Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
520 €
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197 × 106(2.09 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Belutsch
Where it comes from
This is a Baluch rug — also written Belouch — a tribal weaving from the borderlands of southeastern Iran, 197 x 106 cm (6'6" x 3'6"). The type is known for bold, angular geometry knotted from memory rather than a drawn plan, and for a palette built on deep red and indigo. This particular piece takes that same tribal hand and gives it an unusually ordered result.
What you see
The first impression is a near-black field, its ground carrying a faint brown-violet cast rather than true black. Across it runs a tight grid of small hooked diamonds set out in twelve regular columns, each outlined in cream and filled with rust-red and brick-orange. The order holds edge to edge. Framing the field is a wide border, close to a fifth of the rug's width, banded in deep red with dark, stepped hook meanders and a fine ivory zigzag guard stripe.
How it was made
Knotted by hand on a cotton warp, the handspun wool sits at 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, high for a rug worked on a portable loom. Hand-spinning leaves the wool slightly uneven in thickness, which is what gives the pile its warm, matt texture rather than a uniform sheen. Holding twelve columns of diamonds this regular without a drawn cartoon took a steady, practiced hand, and the pile is clipped short, to six millimetres, keeping the drawing crisp underfoot.
At home
This suits a hallway, a landing, or the floor beside a bed, somewhere seen up close. The near-black ground holds its own against dark wood and warms a hallway with little daylight, while the rust-red and ivory grid keeps the eye moving without ever turning busy. Underfoot it is dense, firm and closely clipped, made for a floor that is walked on rather than admired. In low light, the ivory outlines come forward first, ahead of the red.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 662724
- Size
- 197 × 106 cm (2.09 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 197 × 106 cm (2.09 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 2.09 m² that is roughly 270,000 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?
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Ref: 662724
