Baluch Bag Face, Northeast Persia. Some collectors prefer these rugs without silk, but its presence may suggest the bag (once part of a complete double bag/khorjin) was important to the weaver. Silk was an expensive import rather than a commonly available domestic product. Possibly purchased already dyed, it is unknown if the weaver knew some of the purple would fade as it has. While the zoomorphic figures in the quartered panels of the central octagon is a design type often seen, the diversity of patterns surrounding it including blossoms, medallions as well as a variety of tertiary elements is somewhat uncommon. The inner reciprocal trefoil border framing the field surrounded by the white ground primary border seems to be classic touch and the white ground primary border is one associated with those of northeast Persian origin. 30" x 30" (75cm x 75cm) Asymmetric knot open left, 8h x 12v = 96 kpsi. Colors (11): red, 2 blue (dark, medium), purple, natural ivory/white, purple overdye on brown wool, natural brown, corrosive medium brown, silk – purple, purple w/tip fade, natural undyed[?] tan silk. Published: Plate 36. Cole, T. FROM THE LAND OF THE SUN. THE RICHARD STEWART COLLECTION OF BALUCH RUGS, BAGS, AND TRAPPINGS. 2022.

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