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Zejwa Rug
Northeast Caucasus
Kuba area
Circa 1850
132 x 101 cm (4’4” x 3’4”)
Symmetrically knotted wool pile on a wool
foundation
The characteristic sunburst motif of this rare
single medallion Zejwa rug is flanked by a pair
of large cartouches containing hooked elements,
and framed by an unusual cloudband-type border.
The careful rendition of the design clearly
indicates its derivation from seventeenth century
Caucasian silk embroideries. The primitive
feeling of the rug together with the refined
choice of palette clearly separates this piece
from the plethora of east Caucasian sunburst
design weavings of the latter part of the
nineteenth century.
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