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Caucasian Fakhrali (so called Fachralo) prayer rug
CODE: KZFC04
Size (metric): 107x132cm
Size (ft): 3'6"x4'3"
Area: 1.41 m2
Density: 100 000 knots per square meter, totally 141 000 knots
Weaving period: 2 months
Colors: madder red, Persian blue, midnight blue, navy blue, light yellow, maroon/antique ruby, green, natural ivory, natural brown.
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, natural brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool - all are eco-friendly and non-toxic
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: The tomato-red field scattered with hooked medallions, small tribal elements and polychrome panels around a central ivory gabled hooked medallion containing similar hooked motifs with a madder red and yellow/ivory centre piece, a keel-arch above, in a serrated zigzag polychrome border

 

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Ram's horn motif
Tribal symbol


 

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.