Balochi Prayer Rug: 10 years of begging finally pays off.
For sentimental reasons I coveted the pictured rug of my parents: after ten years of begging, my parents surrendered the rug to me. The rug was purchased from Jacobsen Oriental Rugs in Syracuse NY (founded 1924); rug fans will remember Charles Jacobsen (1...
excellent!
A fellow appreciator of rugs! I have two rugs my parents had nomads weave for us when we lived in Iran during the time of the Shah. It's fascinating to see similarities in some of the geometric patterns that are used in the rug you show here. I had the ru...
They are put away now because we have dogs, let me see what I can find.
First picture is the large rug, I don't have a pic of the smaller one. The second pic, as compensation, is more of a stamped blanket. In the bazaar, a craftsman would use a charcoal-darkened piece of wood cut into a pattern to stamp the basic pattern onto...
Ahh,- a fellow affichinado :-)
Thats a beautyfull Balutch. Congratulation. I to was raised in a house with lots off oriental rugs, and had a few when I moved out. My wife, then girlfriend, did not like the "old stuffy things", so I foolishly let them go, when we moved together. Some ye...
I had the same experience of having rugs Show Up on Their Own at my house
I think it was a technique shared by many oriental rug dealers who knew their customers' weakness When we bought our current house it had bare hardwood floors which we had refinished and needed to cover with some rugs. That lead to several years of lookin...