Caucasian
Borchaly / Bordjalou Prayer rug
CODE: KZBJP07
Size: 130x160cm
Size (ft): 4'3"x5'2"
Area: 2.08 m2
Density: 118 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo,
pomegranate skins, walnut husks
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and
madder dyed red wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Note: The deep madder red field containing
various Turkic tribal elements around two concentric diamond medallions, the stepped
mihrab arch with stylised geometric elements, in a double reciprocal arrowhead border |
Caucasian Borchaly
Prayer rug
CODE: KZBJP08
Size:
160x220cm
Size (ft):
5'2"x7'2"
Area: 3.52m2
Density: 110 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo,
pomegranate skins, walnut husks
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and
madder dyed red wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan |
Caucasian
Kazak
Borchaly
(so called Borchalo) Prayer rug
CODE: KZBJP05
Size: 119x130cm
Size (ft): 3'10"x4'3"
Area: 1.54 m2
Density: 110 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo,
pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and
madder dyed red wefts
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and
madder dyed red wefts
Note: Very similar antique Bordjalou prayer rug is published in
Murray L. Eiland Jr. & Murray Eiland's "Oriental Rugs - A Complete Guide"
(plate 264, p. 273)
Handwoven in Azerbaijan |