Karabagh Chelebi rug (Sunburst Karabagh, Adler Kazak, Eagle Kazak)

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Karabagh Chelebi rug (Sunburst Karabagh, Adler Kazak, Eagle Kazak)

Code: KRCHL154

Size: 154x202cm

Size (ft): 5'0"x6'7"

Area: 3.11 m²

Density: 110 000 knots per square meter, totally ~350 000 knots

Colors: madder red, dark purple, medium blue, yellow, green, midnight blue, ivory, dark 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 and red wool wefts (two shots). 1cm of flatwoven kilim ends at both sides. - wool on wool

Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical)

Pile height: 0.6-0.7cm

Ends: bundled knots

Weaver: Parvana & Khanim

Weaving Period: 4 (four) months

Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: The madder-red field with hooked panels, men figures and stylised flowerheads around a sunburst / eagle lozenge, in a narrow ivory crab-rosette vine border between zig-zag and barber pole stripes.

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.