Afshar rug with alternately facing boteh motifs Code: AF02 Size: 120x163cm (184cm including the kilim ends) Size (ft): 4'0"x5'4" (6 feet including the kilim ends) Area: 1.95 m2 Density: 170 000 knots per square meter, totally ~330 000 knots Colors: dark brown, maroon, red, mauve/old purple, light blue, medium blue, yellow, green (a few shades), midnight blue, aubergine, ivory, apricot/ gold brown, light brown. Dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, onion skins, natural dark brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps (natural ivory and brown twist) and ivory wool wefts (two shots). 1cm of flatwoven kilim ends at both sides. - wool on wool Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical) Pile height: 0.4cm Ends: thin plaited fringes Inscriptions: 1438 (weaving date), tamga (tribal seal) of Afshar tribe (hidden on the fourth row; left side) Weaver: Khumar Weaving Period: Three months Handwoven in Azerbaijan Design: The dark blue field scattered with diagonal rows of alternately facing bold angular boteh motifs. |
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