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ANTIQUE RUGS OF THE FUTURE PROJECT>>GALLERIES>>KAZAK RUGS

Note: The knot density of Kazak rugs varies between 90 000 to 135 000 knots per square meter. (60 to 80 knots per square inch) Warps are always wool and wefts are 3-4 shots of two ply wool. Wefts are red, either dyed with madder or cochineal, sometimes mixed. All Kazak rugs are made in the villages of Kazak, Tovuz and Akstafa Regions.

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Star Kazak Shikhli village rug CODE: KZSK07 Size: 151x207cm Size (ft): 4'11"x6'9" Area: 3.12 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	Kazak Karachop Rug (also mistakenly named as Karachopf) CODE: KZKCH13 Size: 305x400cm Size (ft): 10'0"x13'1" Area: 12.2 m² Density: 106 000 knots per square meter Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts Hand knotted in Azerbaijan	Kazak Lambali (Lambalo) Rug (also called Lori Pambak) CODE: KZLP05 Size: 205x225cm Size (ft): 6'8"x7'4" Area: 4.61 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 Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

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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 Hand knotted in Azerbaijan	Pinwheel Kazak Rug CODE: KZPW03 Size: 84x120cm Size (ft): 2'9"x3'11" Area: 1.00 m² Density: 106 000 knots per square meter Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts Hand knotted in Azerbaijan	Kazak Lambali (Lambalo) Rug (also called Lori Pambak) CODE: KZLP06 Size: 166x210cm Size (ft): 5'5"x6'10" Area: 3.48 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 Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

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