'Western Anatolian small
medallion' rug, XVII century design, see the original historical rug here:
http://www.azerbaijanrugs.com/anatolian/ottoman-rugs-XVI-XVIIc/tabibnia_western_anatolian_swastika_rug_christies17-10-02-L100.htm Code: WASM02J Size: 152x194cm Size (ft): 4'11"x6'4" Area: 2.94 m2 Density: 110 000 knots per square meter, totally ~320 000 knots Colors: red, medium green, yellow, ivory, dark brown, old purple, sky blue, navy blue variegated, apricot, sage green, light green. Dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), cochineal, onion skins, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, natural dark brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool. Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps and apricot color wool wefts (two shots). 1cm of flatwoven kilim ends at both sides. - wool on wool Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical) Pile height: 0.7cm Ends: 3 cm of kilim woven ends, single knotted fringes. Inscriptions: none Weaver: Sevda, Rahima Weaving Period: 4 months Handwoven in Azerbaijan Design: The madder red ground scattered with floral motifs and octagonal panels around a central cusped quatrefoil medallion with palmettes, large angular pendants above and below (with small bird motifs inside), the shaded green spandrels with interlaced angular vine forming red panels, in a broad ivory swirling leaf/swastika and rosette border between minor linked S-motif stripes, a band of polychrome palmettes and narrow kilim strip at each end. |
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