Lot Essay
Warp: wool, ivory, natural, Z2S
Weft: cotton, white, natural, Z2S, four shoots equally alternating
Pile: wool, Z2, symmetric knots, no warp depression, H9xV9
Sides: not original
Ends: top, trace of Z2S white cotton weft faced plainweave
bottom, not original
Colors: terracotta, dark blue, sapphire, pale yellow, ivory, medium green, straw, brown-black
The design of the rug offered here is derived from earlier garden carpets woven in Kirman and Northwest Persia. This Caucasian interpretation of the garden design is most often seen in Kazak weavings of the mid-to-late 19th century. The structural characteristics, palette and overall "handle" fo the present rug, however, suggest an Eastern Caucasian attribution and an early 19th century date.
Two other rugs with the same design as seen here, including the unusual open blue border, can be found in the Joseph V. McMullen collection (see McMullen, Joseph, Islamic Carpets, New York, 1965, pp. 192-193, plate 47) and the collection of James D. Burns (see Eiland, Murray, Oriental Rugs from the Pacific Collections, San Francisco, 1990, p. 205, plate 212).
Weft: cotton, white, natural, Z2S, four shoots equally alternating
Pile: wool, Z2, symmetric knots, no warp depression, H9xV9
Sides: not original
Ends: top, trace of Z2S white cotton weft faced plainweave
bottom, not original
Colors: terracotta, dark blue, sapphire, pale yellow, ivory, medium green, straw, brown-black
The design of the rug offered here is derived from earlier garden carpets woven in Kirman and Northwest Persia. This Caucasian interpretation of the garden design is most often seen in Kazak weavings of the mid-to-late 19th century. The structural characteristics, palette and overall "handle" fo the present rug, however, suggest an Eastern Caucasian attribution and an early 19th century date.
Two other rugs with the same design as seen here, including the unusual open blue border, can be found in the Joseph V. McMullen collection (see McMullen, Joseph, Islamic Carpets, New York, 1965, pp. 192-193, plate 47) and the collection of James D. Burns (see Eiland, Murray, Oriental Rugs from the Pacific Collections, San Francisco, 1990, p. 205, plate 212).