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A Kazak Rug, Southwest Caucasus, early 20th C, with polychromatic large latch hooks. This is probably from a village workshop, southwest of the Caucasus, bordering on Genje in the northeast and on Karabagh in the southeast. Thick lustrous wools throughout. Grey black & dyed red wool weft. Goat's wool warp.
9 ft 4 in by 6 ft

A Kazak Rug, Southwest Caucasus, late 19th C. A beautiful Kazak long rug, probably the product of a semi-settled weaving tribe working in a village workshop setting. The brick-red field contains a central column of hooked medallions surrounded by stylized flower heads, in a polychrome square paneled border.
9 ft 6 in by 6 ft

A Kazak Rug, Southwest Caucasus, late 19th C to early 20th C. A bold triple medallion Kazak with unusually large scale Memling guls (named after the famous Flemish painter Hans Memling) laid on a deep red field, complete with its original edges and selvedge. Full pile throughout. Wool warp, and red dyed wool weft. Geometric version of the scrolling vine and flower border, framed with a reciprocal trefoil border.
7 ft 8 in by 5 ft 7 in

A Kazak Rug, Southwest Caucasus, late 19th C to early 20th C. A very unusual Caucasian Kazak rug with crabs on the overall field, a relatively rare composition of elements that are generally used in the borders. Elegant arrow and trellis wide single border surrounds the repeating composition in the field.
8 ft by 3 ft 7 in