BORDJALOU KAZAK TRIBAL RUG, SOUTH CAUCASUS.
HAND-KNOTTED WOOL PILE ON WOOL FOUNDATION. THE TOMATO-RED FIELD CENTRED WITH A HORIZONTAL ROW OF THREE HOOKED OCTAGONAL MEDALLIONS IN SKY-BLUE AND DEEP AUBERGINE-BROWN, EACH ENCLOSING STYLISED POLYCHROME FLORAL AND CRUCIFORM DEVICES, FLANKED BY ANGULAR GEOMETRIC ORNAMENTS AND TRIANGULAR SPANDREL ELEMENTS. ENCLOSED WITHIN A SKY-BLUE SERRATED LEAF AND RECIPROCAL GEOMETRIC BORDER FLANKED BY MULTIPLE GUARD STRIPES. THE PALETTE COMPOSED OF TOMATO RED, INDIGO BLUE, AUBERGINE, IVORY, PALE SAGE GREEN AND SOFT PINK TONES. A VILLAGE WEAVING CHARACTERISTIC OF THE BORDJALOU (BOR�ALI/BORCHALY) KAZAK TRADITION OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS.
MEASURES 48 X 72 IN EXCLUDING FRINGE.
CONDITION: EXHIBITS TYPICAL AGE-APPROPRIATE WEAR, MINOR PILE CORROSION, AND HISTORIC MINOR REPAIR COMPATIBLE WITH AN AUTHENTIC EARLY 20TH CENTURY WEAVING.
PROVENANCE: STEPHEN WELZ & CO, SOUTH AFRICAN AUCTION HOUSE IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOTHEBY�S, 1993
INCLUDES COMPLEMENTARY NON-SLIP UNDERPAD
CAUCASIAN KAZAK RUG, SOUTH CAUCASUS, C.1910�1930
BORDJALOU KAZAK TRIBAL RUG, SOUTH CAUCASUS. HAND-KNOTTED WOOL PILE ON WOOL FOUNDATION. THE TOMATO-RED FIELD CENTRED WITH A HORIZONTAL ROW OF THREE HOOKED OCTAGONAL MEDALLIONS IN SKY-BLUE AND DEEP AUBERGINE-BROWN, EACH ENCLOSING STYLISED POLYCHROME FLORAL AND CRUCIFORM DEVICES, FLANKED BY ANGULAR GEOMETRIC ORNAMENTS AND TRIANGULAR SPANDREL ELEMENTS. ENCLOSED WITHIN A SKY-BLUE SERRATED LEAF AND RECIPROCAL…