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Sheep Breeds of Azerbaijan

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Central radiating sunburst medallion

Karabagh Sunburst rug (so called Chelaberd or Adler Kazak)
CODE: KRCHL13

Size (metric): 172x209cm
Size (ft): 5'7"x6'10"
Area: 3.6 m2
Density: 110 000 knots per square meter, totally 400 000 knots
Weaving period: 3 and half months
Colors: madder red, Persian blue, midnight blue, light sky blue, gold yellow, maroon/antique ruby, aqua green, natural ivory, natural brown.
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, natural brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool
- all are eco-friendly and non-toxic
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design:
The shaded blood-red field with scattered motifs around a central radiating sunburst medallion enclosing a rosette centrepiece flanked at each end by hooked panels issuing rosettes, in an ivory flower-rosette border

A rug from the estate of deceased Philadelphia lawyer and museum president Robert Montgomery Scott, sold for $341,625 (includes buyer’s premium) at Freeman’s in Philadelphia on December 14, 2006, a record for any rug sold at Freeman’s in the firm’s 200-year history.
 

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For more information about the above rug or to place an order please email vd@azerbaijanrugs.com (Baku, Azerbaijan) or ra@azerbaijanrugs.com  (San Francisco Bay Area). We will get back to you within 24 hours or less.