Shirvan Baku Surahani Rug

Shirvan Baku Surahani

Age: last quarter 19th century or turn of the century ( Fuschine colors)

Knots: symmetric

Dimension: 152 cm X 110 cm ; 5ft X 3,6 ft

Warps: mixed tan and white wool, Z3S slightly depressed 15°

Weft: white cotton two shoots

Selvage: not original

Ends: warps fringes

Colours: perhaps Fuschine colors which faded.

Comments:
Vertical row of three octagonal medallions containing the characteristic “4 T – Surahani” motif are framed by white border, often describe as channels, containing fish bone like motif.
Diamonds and a lot of geometrical motifs are scattered on a blue ground field.

Related examples:
Schurmann – Caucasian – plate 105 – following Kerimov labeled Ordutch-Konagkend
Bennett – Caucasian – plate 297 – 298 & 333 to 339
Bennett consider that all these rugs are from the Shirvan Baku area.

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