NORTH CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1870

Details

A ZAKATALA RUG
NORTH CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1870
The pile has even wear, extensive repair and repiling, old tint, both ends rewoven, selvages and side stripes rewoven
6ft.7in. x 4ft.1in. (201cm. x 124cm.)

Literature

Eberhart Herrmann, Kaukasische Teppichkunst im 19. Jahrhundert, Ein bilderbuch, Munich, 1993, pl.51.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Elements of this rug are extremely archaic. The central whirling motifs within the octagon in particular recalls eighteenth century Caucasian carpet and embroideries (See for example Hali 48, December 1989, pl.11, p.23).

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