Kuba Shield-Like Palmettes
Age: dated 1321 = 1899 A.D
Dimension: 395cm x 190; 13ft by 6ft
Knots: symmetric, slightly open to the right,
shortly clipped.
Density: H 36/10cm X V 32/10cm
1152/dmē; H9/V8 pi 72/psi
Warps: thin tan and light brown wool, Z2S,
slightly depressed
Wefts: tan wool, 2 and 3 shoots
Selvedges: flat selvage of two cords of two
warps wrapped with interwoven ground wefts and
overcast with white cotton.
Ends: 1 cm plain weave ends and knotted
fringes
Colours: dark blue, azure, very light blue,
gold, olive, medium green, madder red, aniline
red in two rows of palmettes in the middle part
of the rug and in the top outer minor border,
black, beige, medium and deep brown, natural
orange, and chemical orange in the lower half
part.
It seems this rug was woven by two different
weavers as the palette of colors differ in the
upper and lower half part of the rug.
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