Code: KUAF02
Age: 1870-80
Size: 115 x 415 cm
Size (ft): 3' 9" × 13' 7"
Structure: wool pile, ivory wool warps and ivory wool wefts.
Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical)
Condition: Very good pile, mint condition.
Description: Formerly in the Bausback Collection, this carpet was included in the exhibition publication Antike Orientalische Knüpfkunst by Peter Bausback (Galerie Franz Bausback, Mannheim, 1977) and is also cited in Doris Eder's Orientteppiche, Band 1: Kaukasische Teppiche. circa 1870-80.
The carpet features tones typical of earlier exemplars, such as apricot, maroon, and sage green. This specific sub-category of Kuba Afshan rugs has been examined in detail in the accompanying study available at the following link:
https://www.azerbaijanrugs.com/guide/articles/antique-kuba-afshan-snowflake-motif-long-rugs.htm
The rug was published in Doris Eder's Orientteppiche, Band 1: Kaukasische Teppiche, p 255 & Antike Orientalische Knüpfkunst by Peter Bausback (Galerie Franz Bausback, Mannheim, 1977)
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