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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 Shahnazarli Rug
Code: KUSHAH03

Size: 135x150cm
Size (ft): 4'5"x4'11"
Area: 2.02 m2
Density: 200 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

Kuba Zeykhur / Seichour Runner
Code: KUSEY03
Size:
100x287cm
Size (ft):
3'4"x9'5"
Area: 2.87 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 Sumakh Flatweave
Code: KUSU02

Size: 150x177cm
Size (ft): 4'11"x5'9"
Area: 2.65 m2
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun 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

 


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Kuba Karagashly / Karagashli Rug
Code: KUKAR02

Size: 140x185cm
Size (ft): 4'7"x6'0"
Area:  2.59 m2
Density: 200 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, onion skins, natural ivory wool
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

Kuba Zeyve Rug
Code: KUZEY02
Size:
120x140cm
Size (ft): 3'11"x4'7"
Area: 1.68 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 Zeyve Rug
Code: KUZEY03
Size:
148x190cm
Size (ft): 4'10"x6'2"
Area:  2.81 m2
Density: 205 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate rinds
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

 


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Kuba Perepedil Rug
Code: KUPER23
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

SOLD - can be rewoven within 90 days

Caucasian Kuba Shahnazarli Rug
Code: KUSHAH19

Size: 147x224cm
Size (ft): 4'9"x7'4"
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia for green and yellow, indigo, onion skins
- all are eco-friendly and non-toxic
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan

Design:  The indigo field with various human being (babies, women, men in traditional dresses, even a king with his sword), animal and bird figures (peacocks, camels, domestic animals, goats, deers), mystical archaic elements, wheels, small houses with crosses underneath (?), swastikas, weaving combs and floral motifs around three stepped and checkered lozenge medallions with stylised bold serrated pendants, in a golden polychrome "S" dragon motif 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 Zeykhur (Seichour) Rug
Code: KUSEY10
Size
: 135x180cm
Size (ft)
: 4'5"x5'10"
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, weld, indigo, walnut husks
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan
Design:  See Luciano Coen's yellow ground Seychour rug
 

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