SHIELD KAZAK RUGS, KAZAK KILSELI RUGS, SEWAN KAZAK RUGS, AZERBAIJAN

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Caucasian Kazak Kilseli rug, Borchaly, Qyzyl Kilse village CODE: KZSW01 Size: 170x210cm Size (ft): 5'6"x6'10" Area: 3.57 m2 Density: 110 000 knots per square meter Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts Hand knotted in Azerbaijan Design: The blood-red field scattered with angular polychrome stellar flowerheads and life trees around a large mottled grass-green medallion centred by a red/ivory shield motif (this motif is derived from an ancient Turkic totemic design), in a polychrome ram's horn motif border between reciprocal skittle-pattern stripes	Caucasian Kazak Kilseli [so called Kazak Sewan] CODE: KZSW02 Size: 180x236cm Size (ft): 5'10"x7'8" Area: 4.24 m2 Density: 114 000 knots per square meter Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts Handwoven in Azerbaijan	Caucasian Kazak Kilseli Rug (also mistakenly named as Kazak Sewan), Qyzyl Kilse village, Borchaly Region CODE: KZSW03 Size: 165x230cm Size (ft): 5'4"x7'6" Area: 3.79 m2 Density: 115 000 knots per square meter Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts Handwoven in Azerbaijan Design: A so called Sevan Kazak, the madder field with stylized geometric motifs around hooked and indented shaded aqua green shield with hooked centrepiece in a green broad border of polychrome quatrefoil arrow head and serrated leaf motives between reciprocal skittle pattern and barber pole stripes

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Caucasian Kazak Kilseli Rug (also mistakenly named as Kazak Sewan) CODE: KZSW04 Size: 170x223cm Size (ft): 5'7"x7'3" Area: 3.79 m2 Density: 106 000 knots per square meter Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts Handwoven in Azerbaijan	Caucasian Kazak Kilseli Rug (also mistakenly named as Kazak Sewan) CODE: KZSW05 Size: 160x235cm Size (ft): 5'2"x7'8" Area: 3.76 m2 Density: 120 000 knots per square meter Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts Handwoven in Azerbaijan Design: The madder red field with various tribal symbols and small rosettes together with single life tree motif in each corner around large green shield containing hooked bars enclosing central ivory and brick-red hooked and floral panel, in dark indigo blue border of polychrome rosettes enclosed by arabesques between spurge ground yellow wavy stripes, outer barber-pole and plain stripes	Caucasian Kazak Kilseli (so called Sevan Kazak) Rug CODE: KZSW06 Size: 90x130cm Size (ft): 2'11"x4'3" Area: 1.17 m2 Density: 130 000 knots per square meter Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts Handwoven in Azerbaijan
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Kazak Kilseli (Sewan) Rug CODE: KZSW07 Size: 179x235cm Size (ft): 5'10"x7'8" Area: 4.20 m2 Density: 106 000 knots per square meter Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts Handwoven in Azerbaijan Design: Kilseli or as known with its common name "Sewan" Kazak, with stylized animals and bold reciprocal arrow head guards, and with the medallion surronded by latch-hooks, commonly called "running dogs". The outer border is close in design to those found on some Caucasian kilims. The straight-sided, octagon-ended medallion is not as commonly encountered as the wing sided medallion.  The hooked edged motif within the central small white ground medallion is, according to L. Kerimov, called "wedding table". This suggests that rugs of this design were once woven for a specific festive occasion, i.e. wedding.	Kazak Kilseli (Sewan) Rug CODE: KZSW08 Size: 162x200cm Size (ft): 5'3"x6'6" Area: 3.24 m2 Density: 107 000 knots per square meter Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts Hand knotted in Azerbaijan