Karabagh Shabalyd Buta (Chestnut Boteh) rug in a midnight blue field


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Karabagh Shabalyd Buta (Chestnut Boteh) rug

Code: KRBTH025

Size: 124x193cm

Size (ft): 4'0"x6'3"

Area: 2.39 m²

Density: 109 000 knots per square meter, totally ~260 000 knots

Colors: midnight blue, medium blue, red, yellow, green, aubergine, light brown, maroon, light yellow, ivory, dark brown, ochre, medium brown, cinnamon.

Dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), 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 light red wool wefts (two shots, dyed with onion skins). 1cm of flatwoven kilim ends at both sides. - wool on wool

Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical)

Pile height: 0.6cm

Ends: Horizontal band of two-pick oblique interlacing warps. Braided fringes.

Inscriptions: 1439 (weaving date), the word "Karabagh"

Weaver: Malahat

Weaving Period:

Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: The dark blue central field is dominated by 50 botehs which contain small flowers inside. The botehs change direction from one row to the next. The border on a light ground consists of a so called crab motif.

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