SOUTH CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1880

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A BORJALU RUG
SOUTH CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1880
Mostly full pile throughout, a few minor spots of repiling
7ft.5in. x 5ft.5in. (230cm. x 170cm.)

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Lot Essay

A similarly drawn Borjalu rug, with the same inclusion of rows of polychrome squares seperating the three main hooked lozenge medallions on a red ground, is illustrated by Raoul Tschebull in his seminal book, Kazak, Carpets of the Caucasus, New York, 1971, pp.68-9, pl.25.

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