Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
699 €
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232 × 118(2.74 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Belutsch
Where it comes from
This is a Baluch runner, also written Belouch, 232 x 118 cm (7'7" x 3'10"), from the tribal borderlands of southeastern Iran. The type is known for deep, earthy reds against indigo, and for bold geometry knotted from memory rather than drawn out beforehand. Many Baluch pieces carry a prayer-niche, or mihrab, layout; this one sets the same colour and geometry into a grid instead.
What you see
Seen as a whole, the field reads as a deep brick red, warm and dense. Across it runs a grid of rectangular compartments, each holding a diamond gul on a near-black ground, outlined in ivory. Touches of dusty rose, pale blue and mustard break the darkness inside the guls without softening it. The border draws the same restraint into one band: a navy-brown ground carrying a red diamond chain, framed by a camel-pink rosette stripe and narrower guard stripes.
How it was made
The pile is handspun wool on a cotton warp, sheared to about 6 millimetres, giving a short, dense surface with clear relief at each gul. At 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, the density is modest, suited to a design drawn from memory rather than precision: the wool is never quite even, so the grid stays firm and graphic without turning mechanical. Each gul sits slightly differently from its neighbour - the hand of one weaver, visible after twenty to forty years of use.
At home
A runner this size suits a hallway, a landing, or the floor beside a bed - somewhere seen in passing rather than stared at. The brick red brings warmth into a hallway with little daylight, and the dark aubergine-brown panels hold their own against dark floors. Underfoot it is dense and firm, a wool already twenty to forty years into proving it is made for walking on. The ivory outlines and camel-pink border catch the light first, bright against all that red.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 758893
- Size
- 232 × 118 cm (2.74 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. 8 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Traditional weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 232 × 118 cm (2.74 m²) this is a medium rug. It works in front of a sofa, in front of a bed or in a study. It is too small for a dining table — there you want about 80 cm of clearance so a chair does not tip over the edge when pushed back.
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 2.74 m² that is roughly 350,000 to 440,000 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: 758893
