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Small pattern Holbein carpet
 
Code: HLBBA01

Size: 204x290cm

Size (ft): 6'8"x9'6"

Area: 5.9 m2

Density: 145 000 knots per square meter, totally ~860 000 knots

Colors: royal blue, midnight blue, medium blue, dark red, medium red, light red, light green, dark green, yellow, dark brown, ivory.

Dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), cochineal, onion skins, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, natural dark brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool.

Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps and red wool wefts (two-three shots). 3 cm of flatwoven kilim ends at both sides. - wool on wool, dyed with madder and onion skins

Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical)

Pile height: 0.5cm

Ends: chained fringes

Inscriptions: tamga (tribal seal) of Kayi tribe

Weaver: Leyla, Zemfira, Zubeyda

Weaving Period: 5 months

Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: The designs is based on two historical Holbein carpets: 1) the Bruckenthal Museum small pattern Holbein carpet 2)Ankara Ethnographic Museum SP Holbein carpet

Click the links above, to get more information about the historical examples

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