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Shirvan Bijo rug Code: SHRBJ05 Size: 135x190cm Size (ft): 4'5"x6'2" Area: 2.56 m2 Density: 160 000 knots per square meter, totally ~400 000 knots Colors: red, maroon, medium blue, aqua blue, yellow, midnight blue, light green, aubergine, ivory, dark brown, light brown. Dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), onion skins, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, natural dark brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool, natural medium brown 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: 0.7cm Ends: thin braided decorative fringes Inscriptions: 1439 (weaving date), tamga (tribal seal) of Afshar tribe, "Shirvan" in Kufic style Weaver: Aybeniz Weaving Period: 4 months Handwoven in Azerbaijan Design: The central field consists of three vertical parts in madder red and ivory. Hooked "garmagly" and "bükme" motifs, double head animals, stars, trees, "eternal knot" rosette, and other tribal ornaments are woven along the vertical axis. The main border on a aqua blue ground presents a kufi-shami motif. Two boteh/buta motifs are woven between the kufi motifs.

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