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Kuba (?) rug, Transitional type, late 18th/early 19th century, Azerbaijan. |
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Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, Istanbul. Acquired 9 April 1915. Inv. no. 141 (3061) from Mosque of Murad Pasha at Erzurum, 160 x 226 cm
Red ground. Two large white lozenges, one cut by the border, contain red eight-pointed stars with large blue palmettes filled with dark blue and red elements. Diagonal yellow cartouches fill the empty spaces and corners. All motifs are outlined in brown. A sequence of white, red, purple and light green cartouches contain white or red angular S-shapes and are joined by hooked red and green octagons with green and pink rosettes.
Warps: Z2S wool, ivory
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