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Kuba Rugs: Sphinx Kuba Rug Caucasus. 19th century.

Kuba Sphinx Rug

From my personal collection:

Size: 2 foot 4 inch by 3 foot 1 inch.

This is a wonderful old Caucasian with an Egyptian theme. With the find of the Rosetta Stone in 1799 fascination with Egypt raged all through the 19th and into the 20th century.

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Size: 2 foot 4 inch by 3 foot 1 inch.

Structure: Symmetrical knot.  10 knots per horizontal inch and 12 knots per vertical inch. 120 per square inch (1860 per square decimeter)

Yarn Spin: Z.

Warp: 2 ply wool.

Weft: 2 shots brown wool.

Pile: 2 wool singles.

Ends: 1/4 inch obliquely wrapped fringe on plain weave.

Selvages: 3 cord interlaced blue wool.

Handle: Light, soft, pliable.

Further Notes: Even low pile, rebuilt on both ends, some repairs in the field.

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Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

  

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