I spotted this Caucasian Qarabagh/Kazak
complete bedding bag (mafrash) on www.Cloudband.com
offered by one of the World's top experts in the field,
my old friend John Wertime
author of the landmark book Sumac
Bags.
Trusted
Resource List Rug & Carpet Dealers In The U.S. John
Wertime.
Size: 97cm x 38.1cm x 38cm /
3'2" x 1'3" x 1'3"
Region: West Asia ? Caucasus ?
Central Caucasus ? Kazak
Item Type: Rugs and Carpets ?
Bags and Trappings
Period / Date: 19th century (1800
- 1899)
Materials: Wool
Structure / Technique: 3/3
weft-float brocading on a balanced plain-weave
ground. Four-sided bag with open top made by
sewing two end panels to a long strip folded to
create a side panel, a bottom, and a second side
panel.
Comments On Condition: Complete
and good overall; please note: repairs in various
places.
Full Description: Bedding bags
were used by nomadic pastoralists to store and
transport their mattresses, sheets, pillows, and
blankets. They were made in pairs, one for each
side of a camel. In the nomad's tent or in the
permanent dwelling of settled nomads, they were
opened at night and emptied of their contents. In
the morning everything went back into them and
they went back on a pile of bags at the back of
the tent or room, where they made good back
rests. The beautiful designs and colors of the
best, as in this example, were exciting works of
art for all to behold. This rare old bedding bag
has a wonderful interplay of positive and
negative motifs creating a dynamic design that
almost appears to move. Nowadays, these
three-dimensional bags are often used in Western
homes to cover a bench or table. For a discussion
and other examples of Transcaucasian mafrash, see
R. E.
Wright & J.
T. Wertime , Caucasian
Carpets and Covers, London, 1995 and J. T.
Wertime, Sumak
Bags, London 1998. (Ask us about other
outstanding bedding bags and faces). SIZE:
1'3" x 3'2"
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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