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Moghan rug with Memling Guls CODE: MOG41 Size: 100x154cm Size (ft): 3'3"x5'0" Area: 1.54 m2 Density: 160 000 knots per square meter, totally ~250 000 knots Colors: madder red, mauve/old purple, navy blue, cerulean blue, yelow, green, ivory, dark brown. Dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, onion skins, natural 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: 0.6cm Ends: five rows of decorative knotted meshwork Design: The shaded blue field scattered with kochaks - hooked motifs and two columns of polychrome Memling-'guls', in an ivory border so called of crab rosette main border and cruciform minor borders A rug with a 'Garmagli' medallion depicted in Hans Memling's Triptych, c. 1485. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscriptions: 1438 (=2017 weaving date), tamga (tribal seal) of Afshar tribe Weaver: Khayala Weaving Period: Three months Handwoven in Azerbaijan

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