Kuba allover flowerhead and star motifs rug in an ivory ground


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Kuba allover flowerhead and star motifs rug with silk highlights

Code: KUTK08M

Size: 104x158cm

Size (ft): 3'4"x5'2"

Area: 1.64 m²

Density: 170 000 knots per square meter, totally ~280 000 knots

Colors: yellow, red, light green, pine green, apricot, ivory, hazelnut, medium blue, light blue, maroon, midnight blue, variegated lawn green, dark brown, cinnamon.

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, handspun and handcarded silk 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: 0.5cm

Ends: five rows of decorative knotted meshwork

Inscriptions: weaving date, the word "Kuba" with Kufic style letters, tamga (tribal seal) of Afshar tribe

Weaver: Vasila

Weaving Period: Three months

Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: A Kuba rug in an yellow ground with flower head and star motifs. So called crab motif border and "S" motif minor borders. Some interesting details in the central field woven such as a "smiling flowerhead".

For more information about the above rug or to place an order please email vd@azerbaijanrugs.com
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