Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
1.129 €
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292 × 103(3.01 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Belutsch
Where it comes from
This is a Baluch runner, 292 x 103 cm (9'7" x 3'5"), woven in the tribal borderlands of southeastern Iran. Baluch weavings — also written Belouch — are known for bold, angular geometry and a deep, earthy palette, often laid out as prayer niches recalling the mihrab of a mosque. This piece takes a different course: instead of the even red ground typical of the type, the field shifts in colour along its length.
What you see
The first impression is a deep brick red that darkens, toward the far end, into an almost blackish brown. Down the centre runs a column of stepped, hooked-diamond medallions, each linked to the next by chevron and arrow devices that carry the eye along the runner. Small touches of teal green sit within the medallions, quiet against the red. All of this is held by a wide ivory border, patterned with red diamond rosettes and rust-orange fillers, standing out sharply against the darkened field.
How it was made
The wool is hand-spun and hand-knotted onto a cotton warp at 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, a demanding count for work done from memory on a portable loom. That density gives the pattern its clear, slightly raised outline. The shift from brick red to blackish brown comes from the same hand-spun, hand-dyed wool: as one batch of yarn ran low, the next was dyed afresh, and the small differences between batches show as a gradual darkening along the length rather than one even colour. At twenty to forty years old, that colour has settled fully into the pile.
At home
A runner of this length suits a hallway or landing, somewhere the eye takes in its full length rather than a single glance. The colour shift reads differently from end to end, warmer near the brick red, quieter where it settles into brown, so it holds its own against changing light along a corridor. Underfoot the hand-spun wool is dense and firm, made for daily use rather than careful protection. Walk its length through the day and the gradient catches the light a little differently at each end.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 867005
- Size
- 292 × 103 cm (3.01 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. 9 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Traditional weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 292 × 103 cm (3.01 m²) this is a runner. It belongs in a hallway, an entrance, on a landing or lengthways beside a bed. It is too narrow for the middle of a room.
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 3.01 m² that is roughly 380,000 to 480,000 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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