How old are most Baluch rugs for sale?

The dated field runs from 1850 to 1930, with 392 of 409 listings carrying a year. The 1900s are the largest single bucket at 140, followed by the 1880s at 92 and the 1920s at 59. Those years are dealers' estimates rather than documented dates. Titles routinely say 'late 19th century', '4th quarter 19th century' or 'circa 1900'. One sample title claims a woven date in the hand panels, the only inscribed date in the evidence.

Are Baluch rugs big enough for a room?

Rarely. Stated sizes cluster around 130 to 190cm by 80 to 110cm, and the largest in the samples stay under 2.2m long. Main carpets exist, at 21 titles out of 409, along with a few runners and corridor carpets. They sit at the upper end of the range.

What does seh mihrab mean on a listing?

It's the three-niche version of a prayer-rug field, rather than the single directional arch. It recurs often enough in this archive to read as a standing type. Prayer rugs are the most named function overall, in 89 titles. Dokhtar-e-qazi and rams horn mihrab are the other prayer designs that come round repeatedly.

Who made antique Baluch rugs?

No maker names exist for this material. These were tribal weavings made for the weavers' own use, so nothing carries a workshop mark or a signature. In place of makers, titles give tribal attributions. Timuri leads at 62 titles, with Salar Khani, Mahdad Khani, Bahluli, Taimani and Mushwani among the others that appear.

Why are so many Baluch pieces bags rather than rugs?

Because the tribes wove what they needed to live and move. Storage and transport bags were part of the household output alongside floor rugs. Bags are named in 49 titles, roughly a quarter of the category with related small weavings. Balisht pillow-bags and salt bags are the commonest named types, at 13 titles each.

What does camel ground mean?

An undyed camel-coloured field, left in the wool's own tone rather than dyed. It appears in 27 titles. It's often combined with a tree-of-life field, and that pairing shows up across the whole range, on modest pieces and on the higher-priced ones alike.

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Small wool weavings from the Baluch tribal groups of eastern Persia and western Afghanistan, made for the weavers' own floors, prayers and pack animals rather than for sale.