Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
642 €
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188 × 99(1.86 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 border country of southeastern Iran, sized 188 x 99 cm (6'2" x 3'3"). Baluch weavers are known for deep, earthy reds against indigo, and for bold angular geometry carried from memory rather than a drawn plan. This piece carries that palette, but with a layout more ordered than usual.
What you see
The first impression is a strong contrast of dark navy and brick red. Across the field, a dense diagonal lattice of small red rosette-and-hook motifs fills the marine-blue ground edge to edge, with no centre medallion to interrupt it. At the head and foot, brick-red skirt panels each carry a row of individual boxed diamonds, spaced with a steadiness the lattice itself does not attempt. A wide brick-red border, its own diamonds held quiet by a narrow ivory zig-zag stripe, closes the composition.
How it was made
The pile is handspun wool, knotted onto a cotton warp at a density of 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, with a pile kept short at 6mm. Handspun yarn varies slightly in thickness, and that is what gives the surface its visible ridging, a texture machine-spun wool cannot match. Working from memory rather than a drawn plan usually loosens symmetry, but here the framed diamond rows at each end stayed unusually true, so the field reads as free while the borders read as measured.
At home
This rug suits a hallway, a landing, or the foot of a bed. Against a pale floor the navy and brick warm the space; against dark furniture they hold their own. Underfoot it is dense and firm, made for daily use rather than kept for best. Morning light along the ivory zig-zag stripe is the detail that keeps catching the eye once the rug has settled into the room.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 964284
- Size
- 188 × 99 cm (1.86 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 188 × 99 cm (1.86 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 1.86 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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Ref: 964284
