Antique Baluch Rug, Ferdows Province, South-east Persia.

Name: Antique Baluch Rug, Ferdows Province, South-east Persia.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1157825
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets

Description

I am very partial to the antique rugs of the Baluch tribes of Ferdows for their beautiful, natural, indigo-blue ground depicting a water-garden with stylised fish swimming around water-lilies and their powerful madder-red border with the flower and vine pattern.

These Ferdows Baluch rugs are seldom seen in the Western market-place these days, and this one recently came to me from one of my Afghanistan sources.

This rug, made circa 1900, is larger than most Ferdows rugs I've located over the past 40 years, with exceptionally lustrous woollen pile, cotton warps and wefts, and in excellent condition.

As a comparison, please see the beautiful Ferdows rug illustrated in the third edition of my book 'Tribal Rugs - Treasures of the Black Tent' on page 118, which is of a slightly earlier date.

Size: 2.18m x 1.34m (7' 2" x 4' 5").

Physical Dimensions

Height

218cm (85.83")

Width

134cm (52.76")

Declaration

Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1157825

Dealers Internal Reference

BM2170

Dealers Notes

Viewing by appointment only.

Description

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These Ferdows Baluch rugs are seldom seen in the Western market-place these days, and this one recently came to me from one of my Afghanistan sources.

Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets

fig 1. Antique Baluch Rug, Ferdows Province, South-East Persia. — fig 1. Antique Baluch Rug, Ferdows Province, South-east Persia.

This rug, made circa 1900, is larger than most Ferdows rugs I've located over the past 40 years, with exceptionally lustrous woollen pile, cotton warps and wefts, and in excellent condition.

As a comparison, please see the beautiful Ferdows rug illustrated in the third edition of my book 'Tribal Rugs - Treasures of the Black Tent' on page 118, which is of a slightly earlier date.

Size: 2.18m x 1.34m (7' 2" x 4' 5").