796. a soothing old Baluch Afghan rug

795. Provenance: Baluch tribe, Herat area, Western Afghanistan

Size: 295 x 190 cm

Age: circa 1940

Condition: Good. One tiny reweave, and one kilim end scruffy.

Notes: A charmingly simple rug with a repeat of a diamond motif containing extremely simplified flowerheads (?) in the field, surrounded by an 's motif' border. Soft hand-spun wool.