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4 foot 2 inch by 6 foot 1 inch
Afshar rug
from the Kuchan
area in Khorasan. The design is vaguely
reminiscent of the Afshar
of the Kerman area. Nice well made rug. Good wool
and well drawn.
In the 17th century the Safavi Shahs tried to
break the power of the once mighty Afshar tribe. One
way they countered the tribe's power was to move
the part of the Afshar to the Persian Turan
border area. This weakened the tribe at the same
time it strengthened the Safavi defenses against
the Uzbek and their Turkmen vassals. The Afshar by the
Seventeenth century was controlled by Shia
leadership and the Turkmen and Uzbek were
nominally Sunni.
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Afshar
Rug, Kuchan,
Persia/Iran,
20th century. 4 foot 2 inch by 6 foot 1 inch (Not
including fringe). Structure: Symmetrical. 12
knots per horizontal inch and 13 knots per
vertical inch. 156 per square inch (2418 per
square decimeter).
Yarn Spin: Z.
Warp: wool.
Weft: 2 shots wool.
Pile: 2 Wool singles.
Ends: 1 inch plain-weave skirt with warp
fringe.
Selvages: 3 sets warp units wrapped in wool.
Further Notes. This rug is in excellent shape.
No repairs or re-weaves, no dye runs or stains.
The rug is older but is in new condition.
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This is a well drawn rug
with good colors. This is a finer rug than the
new ones. This rug is tightly wov
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