Baluch Rugs

Baluch rugs are dark and often dull in color. They are not made in Baluchestan, but produced by the Baluchi nomads of the eastern parts of Khorasan, who sometimes even cross into Russian Central Asia and Afghanistan.
Among Baluch rugs there are the Mashad Baluch rugs, the finest quality from the neighborhood of the city of Mashhad, the Kuduanis, and the Arabs, etc. The Arabs are the coarsest, though occasional sample are remarkable for their fine wool and their pleasing design of rugs. Naturally, nomads do not find it possible to produce large rugs like those made in workshops. The dimensions of their rugs range from 2 feet 3 inches to 2 feet 7 inches wide by 3 feet 11 inches to 4 feet 3 inches long, and up to 3 feet 11 inches by 7 feet 6 inches. Single specimens may be as much as 6 feet 6 inches wide and 10 feet or even 11 feet long. Their colors are always dark red and deep indigo, and vegetable dyes are used in their rugs almost without exception. Occasional area rugs may include white or cream, but more frequently light fawn or camel hair brown. For the latter color un-dyed camel's wool is often, though not invariably, employed.
Kuduani is a well known kind of area rugs, dark in color, produced by the Baluchi tribes. In contrast to another kind of rug knotted by Baluchis, namely the Arab, which has a ribbed appearance on the reverse side the backs of the Kuduani area rugs are smooth and they are generally so smoothly shorn that they are almost velvety. In pattern and coloring the Kuduani rugs resemble the other so called Baluchi rugs, and like these are made in saddle bags, square and oblong in size, as well as in small and large prayer size. Individual examples are larger still.

Baluch rugs are dark and often dull in color. They are not made in Baluchestan, but produced by the Baluchi nomads of the eastern parts of Khorasan, who sometimes even cross into Russian Central Asia and Afghanistan.
Among Baluch rugs there are the Mashad Baluch rugs, the finest quality from the neighborhood of the city of Mashhad, the Kuduanis, and the Arabs, etc. The Arabs are the coarsest, though occasional sample are remarkable for their fine wool and their pleasing design of rugs. Naturally, nomads do not find it possible to produce large rugs like those made in workshops. The dimensions of their rugs range from 2 feet 3 inches to 2 feet 7 inches wide by 3 feet 11 inches to 4 feet 3 inches long, and up to 3 feet 11 inches by 7 feet 6 inches. Single specimens may be as much as 6 feet 6 inches wide and 10 feet or even 11 feet long. Their colors are always dark red and deep indigo, and vegetable dyes are used in their rugs almost without exception. Occasional area rugs may include white or cream, but more frequently light fawn or camel hair brown. For the latter color un-dyed camel's wool is often, though not invariably, employed.
Kuduani is a well known kind of area rugs, dark in color, produced by the Baluchi tribes. In contrast to another kind of rug knotted by Baluchis, namely the Arab, which has a ribbed appearance on the reverse side the backs of the Kuduani area rugs are smooth and they are generally so smoothly shorn that they are almost velvety. In pattern and coloring the Kuduani rugs resemble the other so called Baluchi rugs, and like these are made in saddle bags, square and oblong in size, as well as in small and large prayer size. Individual examples are larger still.