NORTH EAST CAUCASUS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A DAGHESTAN RUG
North East Caucasus, third quarter 19th century
The light blue field with bold rosettes, hooked floral motifs and stylised animals around a column of two and a half bold polychrome "Leshgi" stellar medallions, in a black border of serrated hooked polychrome S-motifs between ivory linked polychrome cruciform stripes, corroded black with some repiling, areas of slight wear, selvages replaced
5ft.5in. x 4ft.2in. (166cm. x 128cm.)

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Lot Essay

This very unusual rug has as its main motifs "Leshgi" medallions, motifs frequently found in North and East Caucasian rugs, but arranged in a way that is very unusual. The considerable space either side lends the central motifs greater impact than is normally encountered with rugs of this design, particularly with their superbly contrasted colours. The minor guard stripe is one which is unchanged from rugs dating from the second half of the eighteenth century (Yetkin, Serare: Early Caucasian Rugs in Turkey, London, 1978, vol.1, pl.34)

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