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HT121
Origin: N W Persian Kurd.
Date: late19th C
Size: 8ft 2ins X4ft 8ins (250X142cm) Structure
Warps: wool, ivory
Wefts: wool, red 2-4 shoots
Pile: wool
Knots: symmetrical
Density H 5 x v 8 =40 per sq in.
Sides: single bundle wool wrapped in blue wool
Ends: flat-weave in blue with braiding, top finish webbing.
Dyes: vegetal
Colours: 10 brick red, red, ochre, aubergine, light green, green, mid blue, dark blue, ivory, black. Description: Six pairs of Hexagons surrounded by various filler motifs, and separated by narrow bands against a dark blue field. A simple main border on an ivory background, with a trefoil outer border and a zig-zag inner border. The handle is heavy and stiff due to the well packed heavy wefts. The pile is thick with coarse but shiny wool.
Condition: The rug is complete with original sides and ends. There is some corrosion in the black and aubergine wool, there has been some re-piling in the lower left quarter.
Commentary: The structure and wool quality point to a Kurdish origin, a very similar piece in Hali 59 p14 and Hali 60 p148 was ascribed to Eastern Anatolian Yuruk. Another similar piece in Opie's Tribal Rugs p79 is given a Kurdish origin. A piece illustrated in Hali 62 p61 is not so similar with 4 hexagons per row and a wider main border.
Price: £1850 | |
