Kuba Syrt Chichi rug in a dark blue ground with small Memling Gul Motifs


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Kuba Syrt Chichi rug in a dark blue ground with small Memling Gul Motifs

Code: KUCHI21B

Size: 138x195cm

Size (ft): 4'6"x6'4"

Area: 2.69 m²

Density: 165 000 knots per square meter, totally ~450 000 knots

Colors: midnight blue, medium blue, ivory, red, yellow, dark brown, cinnamon, tan, green, aubergine, gold yellow/apricot.

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: 0.4cm

Ends: five rows of decorative knotted meshwork

Inscriptions: 1440 (weaving date), tamga (tribal seal) of Afshar tribe, the word "Chichi" in Orkhon Yenisey scripts

Weaver: woven by three sisters

Weaving Period: Four months

Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: Memling gul cruciforms (Mughan Qarmaqly) motifs are arranged in alternating horizontal rows to fill the midnight blue field; The inner ornaments of the Memling Guls on each row are different. Red/dark blue inner and outer medakhill guards enclose five borders - two with colorful flower bud pattern, two polychrome star motif minor borders and a classic Chichi main border of rosettes and slanting bars in a dark brown ground. Note the inner pattern of each slanting bar is different.

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