Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
745 €
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182 × 103(1.87 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Belutsch
Where it comes from
This is a Baluch rug, also written Belouch, a tribal weaving from the borderlands of southeastern Iran, 182 x 103 cm (6'0" x 3'5"). Baluch weavers are known for bold, angular geometry and an earthy palette of red and indigo, often built around a single prayer-niche medallion. Here there is no medallion — the whole field is given over to pattern.
What you see
The first impression is a field of small red rosettes, set in tight diamond formation across a ground so dark it reads almost black. There is no centre to find and no medallion to rest on; the eye follows rosette after rosette, each edged in warm terracotta, with ivory diamonds breaking the dark ground. Around it sits a border unusually wide for a rug this size — bright brick-red, built from dark serrated zigzag bands and narrow guard stripes, almost as commanding as the field it frames.
How it was made
This rhythm is a single weaver's own, knotted from memory on a portable loom rather than from a fixed plan — which is why the rosettes repeat with a living beat rather than perfect regularity. The pile is hand-spun wool on a cotton warp, hand-knotted at 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, a density fine enough to draw each rosette and every border zigzag with real precision. Hand-spinning leaves small variations in the wool's thickness, softening every edge, so the pattern reads as woven rather than printed.
At home
A rug this size suits a hallway, a study, or the floor beside a bed. The near-black ground holds its own against dark furniture, and the brick-red border warms a hallway with little daylight. Underfoot it is dense and firm, hand-spun wool built for daily use, not careful protection. As light moves across it, the ivory diamonds catch first, then settle back into the rhythm of red on near-black.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 885560
- Size
- 182 × 103 cm (1.87 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. 5 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Traditional weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 182 × 103 cm (1.87 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 1.87 m² that is roughly 240,000 to 300,000 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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