Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
259 €
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80 × 68(0.54 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 Baluchi, a tribal weaving from the borderlands of southeastern Iran, knotted from memory on a portable loom. The type is known for deep reds and indigo, and for prayer-niche layouts handed down through generations. At 80 x 68 cm (2'7" x 2'3"), this piece is compact, its design unusually graphic for the type: a stepped column of three medallions rather than the expected prayer niche.
What you see
The field is a deep wine red, carrying a sharply drawn column of three stepped diamond medallions, cream-outlined, with fine dark navy tracery inside. Small mustard-orange and pink florets sit within them, a quiet counterpoint to the red and black. In each corner, dark angular hooked forms curl toward the edge — vegetal tendrils rather than figures, though the sharp hooks give them a watchful presence. Several narrow borders in dark red and black, patterned with small diamonds and florets, frame the field and take up roughly a fifth of the rug.
How it was made
This is hand-knotted, the pile handspun wool on a cotton warp, at 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre — a fine density for a rug made on a nomad's loom, without a drawn plan to work from. That density is what keeps the medallion outlines crisp and the corner tendrils precise, memory alone guiding a knot count many workshop pieces would envy. A short pile, 6 mm, sharpens the drawing further and gives the surface a matte, close-cropped handspun texture with no sheen to catch the eye. Twenty to forty years old, the rug is settled rather than new, its colours and structure already proven by decades of use.
At home
At this size, the rug suits a study, a bedside, or a small landing, somewhere it is seen up close rather than crossed at a distance. The wine red warms a pale floor and holds its own against dark wood, while the cream medallion lifts even a dim hallway corner. Underfoot it is dense and firm, made for daily use rather than display. Let the afternoon light cross it, and the small mustard and pink florets catch briefly into view.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 829834
- Size
- 80 × 68 cm (0.54 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 6 mm
- Knots
- 201,000 – 250,000 / 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. 1 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 80 × 68 cm (0.54 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 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre; across 0.54 m² that is roughly 110,000 to 140,000 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: 829834
