Adler Kazak carpet


Central radiating sunburst medallion	Karabagh Sunburst rug (so called Chelaberd or Adler Kazak) CODE: KRCHL13 Size (metric): 172x209cm Size (ft): 5'7"x6'10" Area: 3.6 m² Density: 110 000 knots per square meter, totally 400 000 knots Weaving period: 3 and half months Colors: madder red, Persian blue, midnight blue, light sky blue, gold yellow, maroon/antique ruby, aqua 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 shaded blood-red field with scattered motifs around a central radiating sunburst medallion enclosing a rosette centrepiece flanked at each end by hooked panels issuing rosettes, in an ivory flower-rosette border	A rug from the estate of deceased Philadelphia lawyer and museum president Robert Montgomery Scott, sold for $341,625 (includes buyer’s premium) at Freeman’s in Philadelphia on December 14, 2006, a record for any rug sold at Freeman’s in the firm’s 200-year history.