Large Kuba Perepedil carpet in an ivory ground


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Kuba Perepedil carpet in an ivory ground

Code: KUPER41J

Size: 208x298cm

Size (ft): 6'9"x9'9"

Area: 6.19 m²

Density: 165 000 knots per square meter, totally ~over 1 million knots

Colors: ivory, red, lawn green, aqua green, medium blue, apricot, hazelnut, navy blue, yellow, dark brown, maroon.

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: 0.6 cm

Ends: bundled knots

Inscriptions: 1445 (weaving date), tamga (tribal seal) of Afshar tribe, the word "Quba" woven with ancient Orkhon Yenisey scripts

Weaver: Badira, Kamila, Solmaz

Weaving Period: 6 months

Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: The ivory field scattered with a variety of animals & birds and geometric motifs around alternating ram's horn motifs flanked by hooked dart (or scissors) motifs etc. in a green ground kufic border.

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