Shirvan Prayer rug with boteh motif


	Caucasian Shirvan Marasali Prayer rug with boteh motif CODE: SHRMRSN07 Size (metric): 101x145cm Size (ft): 3'3"x4'9" Area: 1.46 m² Density: 170 000 knots per square meter, totally ~250 000 knots Weaving period: 2 months Colors (10): madder red, Persian blue, light sky blue, midnight blue, peach yellow, golden yellow, maroon/antique ruby, 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 Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps and cotton wefts Handwoven in Azerbaijan Design: The shaded indigo field with diagonal rows of a variety of coloured boteh, scaterred various animal and tribal elements, the stepped keel-arch with stars, the spandrels with minor motifs flanking animals, in an ivory border of meandering boteh vine between red ground star and indigo ground stepped motif minor borders


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