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| SIZE: 110 x
56 1/2 in. (279.4 x 143.5 cm.) |
| WARP: wool, Z2S;
brown and ivory plied |
| WEFT: cotton, Z2S
x 2; ivory, dyed blue at the ends |
PILE: wool, Z2S,
symmetrical knots, h. 7, v. 9, 63
k/sq. in.; ivory, dark brown, red, light red, pink,
pink-purple, yellow, light yellow, green, blue-green,
dark blue, blue, light blue, purple |
| ENDS: blue wool
weft-faced plain weave |
| SIDES: cut, modern
overcast |
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20
Southwestern Caucasus, Moghan
district
Long Rug, probably 1833
Rugs of this rare type1
are sometimes attributed to the Moghan
district, where the use of hooked figures
called "Memling guls" was popular. This
piece differs from most other known examples in
its border design, a palmette motif (inverted)
that also appears in the Karachov rug (cat. no.18). The five
white bars in the border on either side of
the central medallion are an unusual
improvisation. A broad spectrum of particularly
rich colors enhances the visual impact of the rug.
Despite an incorrectly written second
digit, the date in the central medallion probably
reads 1249 (1833 A.D.). Errors in woven dates serve
as reminders that many weavers did not read or
write and therefore did not understand the figures they were
copying.
M.H.
1. For related examples,
see Eberhart Herrmann, Seltene
Orientteppiche IV, Munich, Eberhart
Herrmann, 1982, pi. 46, and Raoul Tschebull, Kazak:
Carpets of the Caucasus, New York, Near Eastern Art
Research Center, Inc., 1971, pl.
40.
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