EAST CAUCASUS, 18TH CENTURY

Details

A KUBA CARPET
EAST CAUCASUS, 18TH CENTURY
Of 'Harshang' design, reduced in length, scattered reweaves and repair throughout
15ft. x 7ft.5in. (456cm. x 225cm.)

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Lot Essay

The drawing of this Kuba is exceptional and relates very closely to the Bruschettini carpet published as a detail by Charles Grant Ellis in Early Caucasian Carpets, Washington, 1975, fig.13, p.19. The present carpet has a divergent and particularly attractive border.

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