Fine Old Belouchi Soumak - D1469

Fine Old Belouchi Soumak - D1469Size 185 x 125 cm, 6'2 x 4'1 Our Belouchi rugs are a mix of Persian and Afghan tribal production. Their goods are traditionally sold in Herat in Afghanistan or Quetta and Peshawar in Pakistan. They tend to be all over geometric designs using typical dark reds and blues for colouration though beige is also found. Orange, gold, white and green are also used as secondary colours. Sizes tend to be standardized from 4 x 2 up to 6 x 4, with some larger

and would have taken 51 days to weave and finish

The Afghan and Turkoman influence can be seen by the use of the polygonal motifs (known as guls or elephant's foot) as the various tribes intermingle

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and would have taken 24 days to weave and finish

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The super Kazak and Turkoman rugs are very fine version utilising very lustrous Afghani Ghazni wool and double the knots