EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A KUBA CARPET
EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Of eighteenth century design, localised areas of wear, lightly corroded black, overall good condition
11ft.4in. x 6ft.3in. (344cm. x 191cm.)

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Lot Essay

This rug has a field design of simplifed shield-like palmettes with stylised arabesque leaves taken directly from 18th century Kuba shield rugs. (Hali, Vol.1. No.1. fig.69, p.17 for example). The mock kufic border is well known in Kuba from the early 19th century onwards.

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