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Rippon Boswell & Co. International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles
Major Spring Auction
Auction date: Saturday 29. May 2010

Lot: 132
Pinwheel Kazak: Late 19th century Pinwheel Kazak rugs woven in this distinctive design are smaller and squarer in dimension than their predecessors. Several restored and repiled areas, original selvedges, somewhat reduced ends.
Origin: South West Caucasus
Size: 202 x 162 cm
Age: Late 19th century
Estimate: 14.000,00 €
Literature: TABIBNIA, MOSHE, Kazak del XIX Seculo. Milan 1995, pl. 2