| Karabagh Harshang design "dragon rug technique"
18th century. Harshang design entirely comparable
to the rug described by Murray Eiland in Oriental
Rugs from pacific collection plate 227. Just the
minor border's are different. Dimension : 645cm
X 250cm
Colors: bright Knots : symmetric, hor 36/10cm
, ver 32/10cm, 1152/dmē
Warps: white wool Z2S, entirely depressed
Wefts: wool, 2 shoots, medium brown
Cabled wefts : Murray Eiland noted in his book
that the periodic cabled wefts, a characteristic
of dragon rug technique, are most visible as
horizontal lines across the front of a worn rug.
Selvedges: flat selvedges of 2 X 2 warps
wrapped with wool which change of colors ( blue
and red) every several inches.
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