The Peter Bruce Baluch Group Rug


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The Peter Bruce Baluch Group Rug

I spotted this very unusual Baluch rug on www.Cloudband.com offered by a dealer on our Trusted resource List, Peter Bruce of Collierville, Tennessee

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The rug looks like a Baluch but with a knot count over 200 KPSI it is in a very rare group. Col. Jeff Boucher who one of the all time great Baluch collectors had a finer than average collection but he only had 2 pieces, neither of them rugs, with a knot count over 190 and none over 200 Baluch Woven Treasures. see Plates 14 and 32.

Baluch Group Rug Boucher did have one rug with the unusual 8 petal flower in a octagonal medallion but that only has a knot count of 96 KPSI Baluch Woven Treasures. Plates 46. Neither Plates 14, 32 or 46 strike me as particularly similar to this rug in overall style or coloration. The only piece that seemed even fairly close is Plate 49 in Siawosch Azadi's Carpets In The Baluch Tradition. Azadi calls it "Kurd Baluch?" it has similarities but I am not sure enough to apply that attribution to this rug.

Unusually Fine Weaving

With all the unusual features of this rug I have to wonder if it was made with a special intent. Weavers were known to weave extra fine dowry pieces and men were even known to weave presentation prayer rugs for Sufi masters. There were fine carpets woven as presentation pieces for officials and tribal leaders. Even among these groups this rug is unusually fine. One of the factors in fineness is the wool used to make the yarn. One of the reasons Baluch rugs tend to be coarse is that Baluch sheep tend to give a thick fiber. I have to suspect that the spinner went to great lengths to sort out the finest fibers or perhaps the weaver acquired wool from another breed.

Unusual End Finishes

One of the several less common features of this rug is the end skirt is pile instead of the more usual kelim.

Baluch Group Rug

Size: 155 x 87 cm
Region: West Asia > Persia > Northeast Persia > Baluch
Type: Rugs and Carpets
Date/Period: 19th century : last quarter.
Main Color Madder
Materials:Wool
Structure. Fine weave with greater than 200 knots per square inch - high offset in warp.
Condition: very good - some low areas - small repair to end\n.
Full Description
Very rare Baluch type from NE Persia. Fine weave with greater than 200 knots per square inch - high offset in warp. Size is 87 X 155 cm (2' 11" X 5' 2"). Ends are pile weave (not kilim) of a traditional kilim design.