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JBOC attribution Caucasian
Rugs - Karabagh rug -
Northern Nagorno
Karabakh
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"Karabagh
or Kazak Rug
Southwest Caucasus, ca. 1800
1.60 x 2.10m (5ft 3 x 6ft 11in)
Warp: wool, natural tan/grey; Z3S
Weft: wool, light red, Z2S, 4 shoots
Knot: wool, Z2S; symmetric,
approx. 60 per sq.in. (900 per sq.dm)
Sides: 3-cord light red wool selvedge,
innermost cord wrapped into the pile
Summers Collection
This
rug has an interesting history. It first came to
light in New York, when dealer Berdj Abadjian
– the source of a few other famous rugs
– bought it from Blau for the princely sum
of $700. A few years later he sold it on to the
present owners, describing the risible $300
profit as "interest".
In 1982, the rug was presented at the Hall of
Flowers, San Francisco, in 'Reflections of
Infinity', a landmark exhibition of nearly 150
rugs from local collections (see Hali Vol.4,
No.4). Organised by the late, great collector,
John Phillips, and curated by Jim Blackmon, this
was the first exhibition in the Bay Area that
gave enthusiasts some idea of the depth of
quality in the Bay Area, although on a somewhat
smaller scale than 'Oriental Rugs from Pacific
Collections'. For some reason the piece never
made it into that ICOC exhibition, although it
was published in the catalogue.
The rug is aptly described by Dennis Dodds in his Hali review as
"wildly beautiful". Its exaggerated
scale and extravagant design recall classical
Caucasian carpets, but Dodds
rightly draws our attention to a 'transitional'
weaving in Yetkin's
Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey (Vol.1, p.28)
with comparable spandrels. Both weavings provide
a link between the earlier 'classical' tradition
and the later widespread village weaving culture
throughout the Caucasus." www.cloudband.com
Passage to California, Marcuson, Hall and Purdon
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Kazak
Rugs are part of the broader category of Caucasian Rugs
and Caucasian Carpets
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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