Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
710 €
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205 × 117(2.40 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Belutsch
Where it comes from
A Baluch rug, a tribal weaving from the border country of southeastern Iran, measuring 205 x 117 cm (6'9" x 3'10"). Baluch weavers are known for a rich, earthy palette built on deep red and indigo, and for bold geometric patterning carried from memory rather than a drawn plan. Many classic pieces settle into a single prayer-niche form; this one takes a different route.
What you see
The field reads first as a deep, brick red, then resolves into a tidy grid: three columns and five rows of rectangular compartments, alternating red and near-black, each holding a small star or diamond medallion picked out in dusty pink and outlined in ivory. There is no single medallion here and no continuous repeat, just this quiet, panelled arrangement, which gives the rug a more graphic, architectural presence than the typical Baluch field. A broad red border, filled with dark serrated diagonals and hooked forms, runs around it, closed off by a thin ivory guard stripe.
How it was made
The wool is handspun, which means the yarn varies slightly in thickness along its length, and knotted onto a cotton warp entirely by hand, without a cartoon to follow. That is why the compartments in the grid are not machine-even: each panel was set out by eye, so the lines shift a little from row to row, and the effect is a pattern that feels built rather than printed. At a density of 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, the small star motifs inside each panel still come through with real clarity, and the pile, six millimetres deep and dense underfoot, carries a faint sheen that settles into the darker panels.
At home
A rug this size suits a hallway, a landing, or a quiet corner of a bedroom, somewhere it will be seen close up and often. Against pale floorboards the red warms the space; against dark furniture it holds its own without competing. The pile is dense and slightly soft, firm enough for regular footsteps rather than a rug you tread around, which suits a piece already twenty to forty years into its life. As light moves across it through the day, the grid catches differently panel by panel, and it is that shifting, handmade unevenness in the compartments that keeps the eye returning to it.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 880308
- Size
- 205 × 117 cm (2.40 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. 7 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Traditional weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 205 × 117 cm (2.40 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 2.40 m² that is roughly 310,000 to 380,000 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: 880308
