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Karabagh Sumak Side Panel

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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J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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