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Karabagh dragon verneh ("sileh") flatweave rug Code: KRBVRN01 Age: late 19th century Size: 200x265cm Size (ft): 6'6"x8'8" Structure: wool on wool. Warps: red wool; Z2S; wefts: foundation: red wool; Z2S; 1 shoot after each row of soumak; soumak part: wool - Z2S; cotton (white) Z3S Technique: soumak plain and countered Description: Made in two panels. Design: Field: 4 bands of 4 "S' forms in yellow, white and dark blue all filled with small, variously coloured Z shapes; against a madder red ground resulting in a highly graphic composition with a great sense of contrast. ‘S’ forms here are meant to represent dragons and evidence for this may be seen in the wispy tails and ears of the ‘s’ forms in this piece. In the top and lower space of each dragon there are three tribal motifs resembling an hourglass. Border: reciprocal arrow heads in blue. Condition: excellent CF: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. number:22.100.19 Azerbaijan Art Museum, inv. no: 654 The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Appiled Art, inv. no: 356 Dragon verneh from the Chateau De Gourdon Collection, Sotheby's 28 Apr 04, lot 42 The Art institute of Chicago, 1972.1190 |
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