Baluchi Rug, 95 X 158 Cm, Wool On Wool, Hand-knotted In The Mid-20th Century, Afghanistan

Baluchi rug with gull decoration, tribal decoration found on Afghan rugs.
In wool on fine wool, hand-knotted and dyed with natural pigments.
This elegant piece is from the middle of the 20th century, around 1950-1960.
In very good condition, this model shows, however, very slight signs of wear.
These rugs (Baluches - Beloutches - Balouchi) are knotted and woven by the semi-nomadic and nomadic Baluchi tribes in Iran, Afghanistan, Russia and Central Asia.
Knotted in sheep wool mixed with unbleached camel wool, horsehair is also often found.
These rugs can be dark, matte, earthy, red, wine-colored, but also very light, camel-colored.
Our model features Gulls, commonly called elephant feet, in orange, curry and white are also there to enhance the brown color of the rug.
The decor is geometric in taking motifs from the decorations of the Caucasus but also from ancient Persia.
The ethnic motifs are the tarantula, in the center of the gulls, kotchaks, ram horns and many very stylized flowers.
The most sought after Baluchis are the animal ones and the prayers presenting a niche, the mihrab, rectangular specific to this tribe.
(the niche, indicates the Quibla, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca).
## Today, we are led to think that the Belouchi or Balouchi carpets are originally from Baluchistan.
This is not at all the case, they are knotted further north, in Khorasan, in Iran, on the Russo-Iranian border.
They are also given, for the most beautiful models, the name of Mecched, capital of Khorasan.
These are nomadic carpets, so the sizes are quite small, the warps and wefts until recently were always made of wool (before 1940), but the use of cotton has supplanted wool, the knot used remains the Persian knot.
The large number of patterns used shows the Persian influence, and the geometric characters link them to the family of Central Asian carpets, which is not at all the case.
The interior decoration often reveals a very great geometric elaboration, in its symbols and symmetry.
The design is very elaborate, modern, it has a certain magic in the shapes and colors.
The sumptuous border of the most beautiful effect, in the style of Afghan and Central Asian carpets; Bashir, with seven wide bands and eight thin bands present Greek and friezes resembling the Caucasian and Central Asian borders Proof that the art of the carpet is an immense melting pot, a mixture of very many influences coming from all parts of the East.
This carpet has been professionally and ecologically cleaned.
Dimensions: Width: 95 cm (37") x Length: 158 cm (62")
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