EAST CAUCASUS, DATED AH 1280/1863 AD

This Daghestan runner displays a characteristic yellow ground lattice design enclosing individual floral sprays however the unusual bold interlocking border of deep indigo geometric shapes is clearly defined and very striking. Dated 1863 AD, this rug was woven in a period before carpet production intensified at the end of the nineteenth century and the overall quality began to deteriorate. One such example that shows the deterioration using the same border design as the present lot is in the Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany (P.W.Meister, Kaukasische Teppiche, Frankfurt, 1962, pl.77).