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DAGHESTAN RUG
Size, 7 × 3.5
This rug has a fine texture and is straighter than most Daghestans. It is an
antique, but its colors are as fast and clear as when it was first woven. It
has been cleaned again and again, but nothing seems to dim its hues. The
field of light blue is thickly studded with large and small geometrical
figures in reds, yellows, and white. Some of the forms are in the lozenge
design, with colors in red and yellow, the reds containing fine shadings of
blue. Again square forms are seen, many holding the same colors, ornamented
with contrasting but harmonious hues. In the centre are two geometrical
figures of considerable size, one in yellow, and one in red. Each of these
has yellow and white in its centre. On either side are still larger forms in
yellow and blue. The border is geometrical, the hook design in a bracket
being in evidence, and outside of this is a narrower stripe in red, white,
black, and yellow. The many markings add greatly to the beauty of this
interesting Daghestan.
Reproduced by courtesy of
Mr. Clarence Burley, Chicago
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