Caucasian Rug Borders

Antique prepedil kuba oriental rug 4 0 x 6 3 7994 this circa 1880 caucasian prepedil kuba oriental rug measures 4 0 x 6 3.

Caucasian rug borders.

The tendrils generally form or approximate small medallions that recur across the field in superimposed horizontal rows. The running water border around a rug represents the life giving quality of water to both the tribespeoples and their animals. The main border follows a long tradition that adapted the stylized geometric kufic script of the early islamic period to carpet designs. Water was absolutely necessary to sustain and nourish life.

Situated in the south west of the caucasus the area from which the kazak rugs come stretches from tiflis to erevan and borders on gendje in the north east and on karabagh in the sougth east. The birds on a tree border motif common in caucasian rugs suggests a flock of birds roosting on a tree. The two minor borders often contain small rosettes or small diamonds or the trefoil medachyl design. Antique caucasian rug 4 x 4 10 hand knotted area rug all wool with nat.

Category early 20th century kazak caucasian caucasian rugs. Veg dyes navy blue red brown kismetcarpetgallery. Variations of the birds on a tree border motif from the figurative to the geometric. From the 1900s with a tribal motif with small humans and animals on a navy field with 4 medallions and a mustard main border.

Built up from an. Shop caucasian rugs and other antique and modern rugs from the world s best furniture dealers. The rust red field has a design of stylized birds in ivory blue green black and tobacco. Running water both the nomadic shepherds and the sedentary agrarian antique rug weavers of the caucasus considered everything that nurtured life to grow as sacred.

The next border. Two borders are typical and one or none are seen. The inner border is meandering vine on an ivory ground. In more curly renditions it matches its name nicely but in more geometric versions the figural element is almost lost.

There are six borders which is odd. That means that there is one row of wefts between each row of knots. Ulrich schurmann suggested that of all the caucasian rugs zeykhur kuba rugs are the only ones that are single wefted. Other common types of main borders found in this type of rug are the leaf and calyx border and the blocks of arrow border.

Bright colors sit in harmony in this eclectic antique runner rug. 5 out of 5 stars 13 13 reviews 529 00 free shipping favorite add to. Category 1930s caucasian tribal vintage caucasian rugs. Caucasian rugs page 47.

2738 from nazmiyal shows an excellent example of this type of antique caucasian rug. The multilayered highly detailed border draws the eye in and encloses the stunning central design.