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A small Kuba Syrt Chichi rug in a dark blue ground with small Memling Gul Motifs

Code: KUCHI32C

Size: 120x138cm

Size (ft): 3'11"x4'6"

Area: 1.65 m2

Density: 165 000 knots per square meter, totally ~270 000 knots

Colors: midnight blue, medium blue, apricot, ivory, red, yellow, dark brown, aqua green, aubergine.

Dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), onion skins, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, natural dark brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool.

Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps and ivory wool wefts (two shots). 1cm of flatwoven kilim ends at both sides. - wool on wool

Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical)

Pile height: 0.4cm

Ends: knotted fringes

Weaver: Leyla

Weaving Period: Three months

Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: Memling gul cruciforms (Mughan Qarmaqly) motifs are arranged in alternating horizontal rows to fill the midnight blue field; The inner ornaments of the Memling Guls on each row are different. Red/dark blue inner and outer medakhill guards enclose five borders - two with colorful flower bud pattern, two polychrome star motif minor borders and a classic Chichi main border of rosettes and slanting bars in a dark brown ground. Note the inner pattern of each slanting bar is different.


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