Afghan Rugs: Afghan Kazak Copy


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Afghan Kazak Copy

This is a Kazak rug woven by a Afghan weaver. It was sold to me as vegetal dyed and there is no reason to think other wise. I like to be cautious about absolute dye attributions without chemical dye analyses, so let me say it looks vegetal. The green has lots of life and yellow highlights the yellow looks right and the white wool appears undyed. The wool quality is very high. The light plays on the wool as one expects in an older natural dyed rug. However there is no doubt that this is Afghan.

New Afghan Kazak Copy Rug. Afghanistan, 20th century. 7 foot 5 inch by 5 foot 10 inch.

Structure: Symmetrical knot. 7 knots per horizontal inch and 9 knots per vertical inch. 63 per square inch (975 per square decimeter).

Yarn Spin: Z.

Warp: 3 ply wool, white.

Weft: 2 ply wool, red.

Pile: 2 Wool singles.

Ends: 1 inch weft faced plain weave, warp fringe.

Selvages: 3 cord selvage wrapped in brown wool.

Further Notes: Meaty handle, long pile, very substantial new rug. No holes, tears, rips or low spots. full pile.

Direct Scan Above

Light blue, dark blue, and blue green as well as very good greens really set this rug off. The reds stand out well but this scan scans dark and is hard to color balance.

Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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