Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
468 €
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186 × 101(1.88 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 Belouch, a tribal weaving from the borderlands of southeastern Iran, measuring 186 x 101 cm (6'1" x 3'4"). The type is known for deep reds and indigo blues, and for prayer-niche compositions carried from memory rather than drawn out beforehand. Here the ground breaks from that expectation: instead of red, it is a deep, near-black brown, and the reds are left to carry the design on their own.
What you see
The first impression is of rust-red diamonds glowing against that dark field, set out in five vertical rows of hooked medallions, each one centred on a small cruciform motif. Follow the rows along and the diamonds are not identical twins: the small central motifs and colour fills shift slightly from one to the next, a rhythm that belongs to a hand working without a fixed plan rather than a loom repeating a template. The whole field is held by an unusually wide border, built from narrow bands of chevron and meander in red, cream and dark brown, taking up close to a fifth of the rug's width.
How it was made
It is hand-knotted on a portable loom, hand-spun wool for the pile over a woollen warp, at a density of 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre. That is a looser structure than a city workshop would use, and it is exactly what gives the diamonds their bold, blocky edges rather than a fine curve. Hand-spun yarn takes dye unevenly by nature, which is why the near-black ground and the brick reds sit flat and matt, without any sheen, and the 6mm pile stays dense and firm underfoot rather than soft and deep.
At home
At this size the rug suits a hallway or a landing, or the floor beside a bed, more readily than an open living room. The dark ground will not show the daily marks of a well-used route, while the rust-red diamonds keep catching the eye rather than sinking into shadow. Underfoot it is firm and closely packed, made for a path that gets walked rather than a room kept for looking at. As the light moves across it through the day, it is the small differences between the five rows that keep drawing you back.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 937424
- Size
- 186 × 101 cm (1.88 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 6 mm
- Knots
- 128,000 – 160,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Natural Wool
- 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 186 × 101 cm (1.88 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 1.88 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.
Still have a question?
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Ref: 937424
