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Kuba Afshan Ugah Prayer rug

Code: KUAFS0223

Size: 126x158cm

Size (ft): 4'1"x5'2"

Area: 1.99 m2

Density: 165 000 knots per square meter, totally ~330 000 knots

Colors: dark blue, yellow, red, medium blue, purple, apricot, cinnamon, green, ivory, dark brown, maroon, medium brown.

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 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: four rows of decorative knotted meshwork

Inscriptions: 1442 (weaving date), tamga (tribal seal) of Afshar tribe, the word " Adn" ("Garden of Eden")


Weaver: Lamiya

Weaving Period: 2 months

Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: The indigo field scattered with a wide variety of small motifs (pitcher, hourglass, archaic Memlings gul etc.) and flowerheads; with the ivory keel arch above, in a red kufic motif main border. The design contains lots of intereting irregularities and details.

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