Shirvan Kabistan rug in
a yellow ground with an overall serrated leaf lattice design containing
individual floral sprays
Code: SHRKBS14M
Size: 114x154cm
Size (ft): 3'8"x5'0"
Area: 1.75 m2
Density: 160 000 knots per square meter, totally ~280 000 knots
Colors: red, mauve, sky blue, yellow, light green, lawn
green, midnight blue, cinnamon, chartreuse, olive, apricot, ivory, dark brown.
Dyes:
madder,
weld
(Reseda Luteola),
indigo,
pomegranate skins,
walnut husks,
onion skins, purple onion skins, natural dark 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: 0.4cm
Ends: five rows of decorative knotted meshwork
Weaver: Malayka
Weaving Period:
Three months
Handwoven in Azerbaijan
Design: The yellow
camel field with serrated lattice containing polychrome floral sprays, in
an ivory border of bird motif border between panelled arrowhead and
flower-head stripes, outer-barber-pole stripes
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