Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
496 €
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199 × 100(1.99 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 Beluch, 199 x 100 cm (6'6" x 3'3"), knotted by nomadic weavers from the borderlands of southeastern Iran. The type is known for deep, earthy reds and indigo blue, and for bold geometry carried from memory rather than a drawn plan. Unusually, instead of the scattered fields Baluch pieces often show, this one gathers into a single chain.
What you see
The field is a deep brick red with a wine undertone. Down its centre runs a column of four dark navy diamond medallions, each linked to the next by pointed, comb-like teeth, so the chain reads as one continuous band rather than four separate fields. Ivory-cream outlines pick out the diamonds and their small motifs, with soft pink-orange lifting the centres. A wide, plain red border frames the runner, carrying narrow guard stripes of small stepped and floral motifs, paler than the dark band within.
How it was made
The pile is handspun wool, hand-knotted onto a cotton warp at 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre — a density that leaves the wool visibly textured and matte, since handspun yarn is never perfectly even. Linking the four medallions with pointed teeth, rather than spacing them loosely, meant holding the whole chain in mind across the runner's length, with no fixed cartoon to follow. At twenty to forty years old, the wool has settled into the pile without losing its wiry, springy hand.
At home
A runner this size suits a hallway or landing, seen end to end rather than sat upon. The brick red warms a space with little daylight, while the navy chain keeps the eye moving along its length. Underfoot the wool is dense and springy, built for daily crossing rather than careful protection. Morning or evening, it is the chain of medallions that keeps drawing the eye onward.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 779908
- Size
- 199 × 100 cm (1.99 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 199 × 100 cm (1.99 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 1.99 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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Ref: 779908
