Chequer-board Selvage Baluch Prayer Rugs
Chequer-board selvage Baluch Prayer Rug C. 1900
Baluchi or Timuri prayer rug, probably west Afghanistan, about 1900, 4ft.7in. x 3ft.2in. 1.40m. x 0.97m. Dark brown slightly corroded throughout. The chequer-board selvage is characteristic of weaving from the Adraskand Valley of west Afghanistan.