Medallion rug in a blue ground, late 18th/early 19th century, Azerbaijan. Türk ve İslam Eserleri Museum, Istanbul. Acquired 13 May 1916. inv. no 99 (1904) from the Mosque of Korkmazoglu, Sivas. 270 x 593 cm. catalogue as Kuba copy of Safavid carpet. published Serare Yetkin's "Early Caucasian carpets in Turkey", plate 99.

Design: Large four lobed pink medallion framed by fine white serrated band contains an indented lozenge and yellow, red and blue filled flowers. Lozenge pattern is formed by green and white arabesques which contain palmettes and white and yellow flowers separated by vertical stems.

Borders: main border - 35 cm wide. A yellow stem forms a garland around large palmettes surrounded by green arabesques with small blue flowers on the stem flanked either side by a tree. Minor borders - 6 cm wide. Blue and red flowers on a brown stem with yellow
rosettes. Guard stripes -yellow band 3 cm wide, decorated with red Y shapes.
warp: Z2S c, white
weft: Z2S c, red; three shoots
knot: sy, 36H x 40V = 1440/sq dm
pile: w, loosely twisted and cut short,
slanting to the left
colours: red, pink, blue, green, yellow,
brown and ivory
condition: worn and torn