Description
CAUCASUS
Shirvan prayer-rug in wool velour on a wool backing, decorated with a prayer niche (mirhab) in the shape of a white cartouche-topped hat bearing the date 1293 in the Hijri calendar, and decorated with polychrome diagonal bands and stripes inlaid with rows of botehs.
Triple borders, the main one being brick-red and decorated with rows of stylised crab claws in the shape of hooks.
Gendje region (present-day Azerbaijan)
Dated 1875
150 cm x 91 cm
Bibliography:
- *Caucasian Rugs* by Ralph Kaffel (1998),
- *Caucasian Rugs* by Ulrich Schurmann (1965),
- *Caucasian Carpets and Beyond: The Weaving Culture* by Richard E. Wright and John T. Wertime, 1995,
- *Oriental Rugs, Volume 1: Caucasian* by Ian Bennett, 1981
See original version (French)
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