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Chelaberd /
Sunburst Karabagh (Adler Kazak) rug
CODE: KRCHL12
Size (metric): 148x188cm
Size (ft): 4'10"x6'2"
Area: 2.78 m2
Density: 110 000 knots per square meter, totally 305 000 knots
Weaving period: 3 months
Colors: madder red, Persian blue, navy blue, light sky blue,
gold yellow, dark purple, forest 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
- all are eco-friendly and non-toxic
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, ivory wool warps
and madder dyed red wefts
Handwoven in Azerbaijan
Design: The present example rug belongs to an exceptionally rare
group of Chelaberd rugs. Four known antique examples which comprise this
group and which spawned thousands of copies in the second half of the 19th
century are
1. In the Victoria and Albert Museum (HALI, vol.,3, no.2, p.99, fig.7)
2. The red Herrmann/Bortz/Fernandes (H/B/F) rug (Herrmann, Seltene
Orientteppiche IV, Munich, 1982, no.44, pp.146-7; HALI vol.5, no.2, p.208,
pl.7; The Bortz Collection, Sotheby's London, 29 May 1998, lot 13; HALI
112, September/October 2000, p.141)
3. The blue ground starburst rug (Antichi Tappeti dell'Anatolia e del
Caucaso, exhibition, Turin, reviewed Hali 33, January/March 1987, p.58;
HALI 35, July/September 1987, gallery advertisement p.XV (Clive Rogers and
Arky Robbins); Herrmann, Eberhart: Seltene Orientteppiche IX, Munich,
1987, no.25, pp.66-7; Sotheby's New York, 14 December 1995, lot 58; HALI
85, March/April 1996 auction price guide p.135; HALI 112,
September/October 2000, p.141).
4. The red starburst medallion rug formerly in the James D. Burns
Collection sold
at Christie's 18th October 2001, lot 277.
The Liambei rug is close to the H/B/F and
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