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Shirvan Akstafa Peacocks rug in a gold yellow ground

Code: SHRAKS19B

Size: 103x190cm

Size (ft): 3'4"x6'2"

Area: 1.95 m2

Density: 175 000 knots per square meter, totally ~340 000 knots

Colors: yellow, red, medium blue, midnight blue, light green, olive green, aubergine, maroon, ivory, dark brown, light brown, apricot, cinnamon, hazelnut, tan.

Dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, onion skins, natural dark brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool.

Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps (natural ivory and brown twist) and ivory wool wefts (two shots). 1cm of flatwoven kilim ends at both sides. - wool on wool

Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical)

Pile height: 0.4cm

Ends: thin braided fringes

Inscriptions: 1439 (=2018 weaving date), "Baku", the name of the weaver

Weaver: Shahla

Weaving Period: Three months

Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design:  The gold yellow field with small tribal motifs, various animals and human figures around two octagonal star and one stepped medallions flanked by peacocks, in an ivory border of crescent and so called "crab" motif main border and and S motif minor borders

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