
I spotted this Karabagh Sumak Side Panel
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.
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Karabagh
Sumak Side Panel
Size: 123cm x 60cm / 4'0 x 2'0
Region: West Asia ? Caucasus ? Central Caucasus ?
Karabagh
Item Type: Rugs and Carpets ? Bags and Trappings ?
Bagface
Period / Date: 19th century ? third quarter (1850 - 1874)
Materials: wool, cotton
Structure / Technique: extra-weft wrapping (sumak)
Comments On Condition: very good, repair in lower
righthand corner
Full Description: A beautifully woven sumak panel (2' x
4'1") with complex, bold medallions set off by the
brilliant white of undyed cotton, this should be compared
with pl. 110 of my book, Sumak
Bags of Northeast Persia and Transcaucasia, London,
1998).
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Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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