Afshar carpet with alternately facing boteh motifs


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Afshar rug with alternately facing boteh motifs

Code: AF02

Size: 120x163cm (184cm including the kilim ends)

Size (ft): 4'0"x5'4" (6 feet including the kilim ends)

Area: 1.95 m²

Density: 170 000 knots per square meter, totally ~330 000 knots

Colors: dark brown, maroon, red, mauve/old purple, light blue, medium blue, yellow, green (a few shades), midnight blue, aubergine, ivory, apricot/ gold brown, light brown.

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

Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps (natural ivory and brown twist) 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: thin plaited fringes

Inscriptions: 1438 (weaving date), tamga (tribal seal) of Afshar tribe (hidden on the fourth row; left side)

Weaver: Khumar

Weaving Period: Three months

Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: The dark blue field scattered with diagonal rows of alternately facing bold angular boteh motifs.

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.