Ivory Khol-Garabujag 'Akstafa' Salyan rug


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Ivory Khol-Garabujag 'Akstafa' Salyan rug (mid 19th century design)

CODE: SHRAKS19
Size (metric): 154x235cm
Size (ft): 5'0"x7'8"
Area: 3.61 m²
Density: 170 000 knots per square meter, totally ~610 000 knots
Weaving period: four months

Colors: ivory, red, apricot, maroon, mauve/lavender/old purple, cerulean blue, royal blue, light green, medium aqua green, sage, olive, yellow, hazelnut, dark brown, medium brown, light brown, brown, ivory, cinnamon.

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

Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps and ivory wefts (two shots)

Weavers: Aynura, Feride

Inscriptions: 1440 (weaving date), 2 different tamgas (tribal symbols) of Afshar tribe

Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical)

Pile height: 0.5cm

Design: Inspired by a rare 1850s antique Salyan Akstafa rug design. Click here to read the story

Peacocks, camels, small houses with cross; swastika motifs; various archaic elements; babies, women, men - all in their traditional dress, a soldier or a king with his sword, combs, domestic animals, goats, deers, wheels, crosses, weaving combs, tree of life symbols, fertility motif, birds, colorful rams horn border etc.

Peacock motif

A family in their traditional clothes

For more information about the above rug or to place an order please email vd@azerbaijanrugs.com (Baku, Azerbaijan) or ra@azerbaijanrugs.com (San Francisco Bay Area). We will get back to you within 24 hours or less.