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Early Afghan War Rug, Northwest
Afghanistan, 41 in. by 78 inch.
Structure: Asymmetrical Knotting, open left, 9
knots per horizontal Knotting, 12 knots per
vertical Knotting, 108 per square inch, (1674 per
square decimeter) Moderate warp depression.
Yarn Spin: wool Z.
Warp: 2 ply wool (very fine).
Weft: gray cotton 2 shots.
Pile: 2 wool singles.
Selvages: two warp units interlaced and
overcast with dark blue wool.
Ends: 3/8 inch balanced plain weave skirt with
warp fringe each end.
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The borders in this piece are related
to early war rugs in the Luca Brancati collection
published in an early Oriental Rug Review Article. The
armaments also hearken back to that earlier period. I
attribute this rug to the Chahar Aymaq and to the early
1980's.
For information on War Rugs please see:
THE
WEAVINGS OF WAR By Eve Zibart, Washington Post
Thursday, November 12, 1998; Page T05
Cry Havoc by J. Barry
O'Connell, Jr. RugNotes
Afghan War Rug Question -
RugNotes
Afghan War Rugs: If it Walks
Like a Duck... by J. Barry O'Connell, Jr. (Oriental
Rug Review, March, 1997)
Afghan
War Rugs: A Sub-group With Iranian Influence An
Exhibition of a Variant Type by Ron O'Callaghan, with
thanks to J. Barry O'Connell, Jr. Oriental Rug Review
For a discussion of Afghan Rugs see:
Parsons,
R. D. Oriental Rugs Volume 3 The Carpets of Afghanistan.
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors Club, 1983, 3rd ed. 1994.
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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