Belutsch
166 × 87 cm
359 €
Belutsch
751 €
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194 × 100(1.94 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 194 x 100 cm (6'4" x 3'3"). Baluch rugs are known for their deep, earthy palette of red and indigo and for bold, angular geometry carried from memory rather than a drawn plan. This piece keeps to that discipline with unusual precision.
What you see
The ground is a deep, near-black navy, over which rust-red and brick-red gul motifs march in tight, even columns rather than drifting loosely across the field. Each gul carries a touch of cream at its centre, so the rows read as a lit path down a dark ground. Around them runs a sequence of narrow border bands in madder red and navy, stacked rather than single, holding the columns in place like a frame within a frame.
How it was made
The wool is hand-spun and hand-knotted onto a cotton warp, at a density of roughly 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre, dense for a rug made on a portable loom rather than a fixed workshop frame. That density keeps the gul outlines crisp instead of blurring into the ground, while the hand-spun yarn gives a texture no machine-spun wool matches. Clipped low to about 6 mm, the pile is firm and close, and after twenty to forty years it still holds that same discipline.
At home
This narrow format suits a hallway, a landing, or the floor beside a bed. The navy ground holds its own without daylight, and the rust-red columns catch what light there is. Underfoot the pile is dense and firm, built for a path walked every day. Morning light along the hall finds the cream highlights first, running like a thread the length of the rug.
More on Baluch rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 969266
- Size
- 194 × 100 cm (1.94 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. 6 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Traditional weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 194 × 100 cm (1.94 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 1.94 m² that is roughly 250,000 to 310,000 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: 969266
