Afghan Rugs: Large Afghan Vegetal Dye Carpet

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This scan matches the colors most closely on my monitor. .

Large Afghan Veggie Dye Carpet

This carpet is brand new and is a vegetable dye Afghan. The rug is thick with deep pile and the wool quality is excellent.

It is very heavy and hard to get a good picture of so I included two scans. It is no easy trick getting getting a room size carpet onto a scanner but I wanted to let you see the great color.

Structure: Asymmetrical knot. 10 knots per horizontal inch and 9 knots per vertical inch. 90 per square inch (1395 per square decimeter).

Yarn Spin: Z.

Warp: Cotton, white.

Weft: 1 shot 1 single sinuous, 1 shot 2 singles, rigid. .

Pile: 2 Wool singles.

Ends: 1 3/4 inch warp faced plain weave, warp fringe.

Selvages: 4 cord selvage wrapped in dark green wool.

Further Notes: Meaty handle, very substantial new rug.

The colors are off in this shot. The gold is too hot and the diamonds too dark. Also this piece is so heavy that it was very difficult to hold straight. The rug is rectangular and any unevenness was due to difficulty holding this piece to get a picture.