Number 170
Type Caucasian
Material Wool
Style Geometric
Origin Kazak
Size 230 x 143
Age 1880
A best of type antique Caucasian rug, of a type and level that the market has not seen in the last decade or two. Caucasians like these were gobbled up by leading museums and private collectors in the 1990s following the breakup of the USSR. We acquired this one in the mid 90s and are finally offering it for sale now. The wool is chunky and thick, the dyes bold and beautiful, as with the very best Kazak rugs of old.
This group is called Seven eponymously after Lake Seven in Armenia whose silhouetted shape the medallion is said to mimic. Others see it as resembling an ornate medieval Armenian cross or cruciform shape. What is particularly noteworthy here is that the end borders are distinctly different from the side borders, a rare feature.
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