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Caucasian Shirvan Marasali Prayer rug with boteh motif
CODE: SHRMRSN07

Size (metric): 101x145cm
Size (ft): 3'3"x4'9"
Area: 1.46 m2
Density: 170 000 knots per square meter, totally ~250 000 knots
Weaving period: 2 months
Colors (10): madder red, Persian blue, light sky blue, midnight blue, peach yellow, golden yellow, maroon/antique ruby, 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
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps and cotton wefts
Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design:
The shaded indigo field with diagonal rows of a variety of coloured boteh, scaterred various animal and tribal elements, the stepped keel-arch with stars, the spandrels with minor motifs flanking animals, in an ivory border of meandering boteh vine between red ground star and indigo ground stepped motif minor borders

 

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peacock


kochak


a man with a horse


goat


cross


duck


jewellery


horse


peacock
 


tribal element


tribal elements


star
   

 

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.