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

Note: The knot density of Kuba rugs varies between 180 000 to 250 000 knots per square meter. (120 to 160 knots per square inch)

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Kuba Pirebedil (Perpedil) Prayer Rug
Code: KUPER06

Size: 115x145cm
Size (ft)
: 3'9"x4'9"
Area: 1.66 m2
Density: 190 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

Kuba Zeyve Prayer Rug (so called Lesghi Star rug)
Code: KUZEY01
Size
: 108x145cm
Size (ft)
: 3'6"x4'9"
Area: 1.56 m2
Density: 200 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

Kuba Khyrdagul Chichi Prayer Rug
Code: KUCHI02

Size: 106x143cm
Size (ft)
: 3'5"x4'8"
Area: 1.51 m2
Density: 180 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: spurge / euphorbia, madder, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

 


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Kuba Alikhanly (Sunburst Zejwa) Rug
Code: KUZEJ01
Size:
136x190cm
Size (ft): 4'5"x6'2"
Area:  2.58 m2
Density: 220 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate rinds, natural colors of brown and white (ivory) sheep wool
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

Dragon Sumakh
Code: KUSU01
Size: 140x165cm
Size (ft): 4'7"x5'4"
Area:  2.31 m2
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate rinds, natural colors of brown and white (ivory) sheep wool
Materials: pure wool
Weaving method:
Wefts (horizontal yarns) are wrapped around the warps (vertical strands of wool; fringe is a part of it)
Hand woven in Azerbaijan

Kuba Zeykhur (Seichour) Rug
Code: KUSEY02
Size
: 148x220cm
Size (ft)
: 4'10"x7'2"
Area: 3.25 m2
Density: 220 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, onion skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

 


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Kuba Syrt Chichi Rug, Azerbaijan
CODE: KUCHI11
Size:
133x242cm
Size (ft): 4'4"x8'0"
Area: 2.76 m2
Density: 210 000 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 cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Design:
Memling gul cruciforms (Moghan Qarmaqly-Hooked) motifs in golden yellow, light yellow, mid blue, light blue, madder red, green and ivory are arranged in alternating horizontal rows to fill the midnight blue field; red/light blue inner and outer medakhill guards enclose four borders - two colorful flower (or arrow head) pattern, a polychrome star motif minor border and a classic Chichi main border of rosettes and slanting bars.

Kuba Syrt Chichi Rug, Azerbaijan
CODE: KUCHI12
Size:
138x190cm
Size (ft): 4'6"x6'2"
Area: 2.62 m2
Density: 210 000 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 cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Design:
Memling gul cruciforms (Moghan Qarmaqly-Hooked) motifs in light yellow, mid blue, light blue, madder red, green and ivory are arranged in alternating horizontal rows to fill the midnight blue field; red/light blue inner and outer medakhill guards enclose four borders - two colorful flower (or arrow head) pattern, a polychrome star motif minor border and a classic Chichi main border of rosettes and slanting bars.

Caucasian Kuba Shahnazarli Rug
Code: KUSHAH17

Size: 143x215cm
Size (ft): 4'8"x7'0"
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia for green and yellow, indigo, onion skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan, weaver's name: Salima

Design: This rug represents a well known type of Kuba-Shirvan carpet composition which has rows of stepped edged and conjoined hexagonal motifs arranged in a single vertical row, with a flattened, saw-edged medallion (gubba, gubpa) at either end of the row; the latter motif has been related by some authors to ancient Egyptian and Persian Royal insignia.

 


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Caucasian Kuba Shahnazarli Rug
Code: KUSHAH18

Size: 149x239cm
Size (ft): 4'10"x7'10"
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia for green and yellow, indigo, onion skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan

Design:  The indigo field with various human being, animal and bird figures, floral motifs around three stepped and checkered lozenge medallions with stylised bold serrated pendants, each containing multiple hooked lozenges, in a golden polychrome interlocked bird design main border between floral and Z motif minor borders. The serrated/saw-edged medallions (gubba, gubpa) have been related by some authors to ancient Egyptian and Persian Royal insignia.

Kuba Zeyve prayer rug (Namazlyg)
Code: KUZEY13
Size:
135x171cm
Size (ft): 5'1"x6'5"
Area: 2.3 m2
Density: 35 x 65 psd, 146 KPSI, ~ 228 000 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 cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan

Caucasian Kuba Gollu Chichi Rug, Azerbaijan
Code: KUGC03
Size:
242x305cm
Size (ft):
8' x 10'
Area: 7.38 m2
Density: 210 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Design: The ivory field with three radiating angular floral medallions surrounded by small floral motifs, in a dark indigo blue kufic border between "running water", "carnation" and other floral minor borders, outer reciprocal skittle-pattern and barber-pole stripes, dated 1431 (2010)
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan

SOLD - can be rewoven within three months
 


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