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Kuba Perepedil rug in a dark blue ground with silk highlights

Code: KUPER42S

Size: 101 x 156 cm

Size (ft): 3'3" x 5'1"

Area: 1.57 m2

Density: 160 000 knots per square meter, totally ~250 000 knots

Colors: dark blue, red, yellow, dark brown, ivory, green, light brown, sky blue, maroon, apricot, cinnamon, chocolate brown, hazelnut, aqua green, peach.

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 and silk for pile, ivory and dark brown wool warps (twisted together) and ivory wool wefts (two shots). 1cm of flatwoven kilim ends at both sides. - wool on wool

Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical)

Pile height: 0.4 cm

Ends: five rows of decorative knotted meshwork

Inscriptions: The word "Kuba" is woven with ancient Orkhon Yenisei scripts, the word "Pirebedil" woven with Kufic style calligraphic letters

Weaver: Nargiz

Weaving Period: 3 months

Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: The dark blue field scattered with a variety of animal and geometric motifs around alternating ram's horn motifs flanked by hooked dart (or scissors) motifs etc. in a dark blue kufic border.

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