A finely woven early 20th century Baluch prayer rug from the Baluch tribes of southwestern Persia, showcasing traditional tribal artistry in a compact and deeply personal format. The small rug features a striking Mihrab design with cream and dark green accents against the deep ground characteristic of the Baluch tradition — a palette of austere beauty that gives Baluch prayer rugs their quietly meditative quality. Its intimate scale makes it versatile: functional as a prayer rug, beautiful as a table display, and commanding as a piece of wall art.
The Baluch tribes — seminomadic peoples living across the vast territories of southeastern Persia, southwestern Afghanistan, and western Pakistan — have produced some of the most quietly beautiful and spiritually resonant tribal rugs in the world. Baluch rugs are distinguished by their deep, brooding palette of dark navy, midnight blue, and rich red, their exceptionally lustrous wool pile, their fine flat-woven kilim ends, and a geometric design vocabulary rooted in ancient symbolic traditions. Though small in scale — most Baluch rugs are prayer rug or scatter size — they are large in artistic and collecting significance.
Dimensions: 1' 7" x 3' 1"
Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 20th Century
Place of Origin: Persia (Baluchistan)
Material: Wool pile on a wool foundation with vegetable dyes
