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.
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Size: 97cm x 38.1cm x 38cm /
3'2" x 1'3" x 1'3"
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Region: West Asia ? Caucasus ?
Central Caucasus ? Kazak
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Item Type: Rugs and Carpets ?
Bags and Trappings
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Period / Date: 19th century
(1800 - 1899)
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Materials: Wool
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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.
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Comments On Condition: Complete
and good overall; please note: repairs in various places.
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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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