Carpets, Rugs & Tapestries (ASN0011)

A Chajli Long Rug, Southeast Caucasus, mid 19th C, striking Chajli Caucasian rug. A weaving of this type is illustrated in Schurmann's Caucasian Rugs (plate 76) and attributed to the village of Chajli, situated in the hilly district southwest of Shemakha. The white wool in the center panel is unbleached and natural looking. The colours are all strong and beautiful. This rug was woven in the Baku region, probably in a village called Chila. The rug has that village product feel, limp but strong, supple. These rugs show a strong Turkoman connection and the octagon fills of this rug show the characteristic tausk nauskas with kochank adjoined. There appears to be a strong shamanic connection evidenced in this piece. The octagon centers have personality and the rug exudes a primitive tribalism.
9 ft 9 in by 4 ft

A Genje Long Rug, Karabagh (East Caucasian),late 19th C. Beautiful paisley or boteh design Karabagh. The boteh motifs of this rug are tiered in groups of three and four alternately and are in ivory, red, blue, green and pink across a dark blue background with different directions on each row.
9 ft 10 in by 3 ft 7 in

A Tschelaberd Rug, Southwest Caucasus, late 19th C. A classic early collector rug from the Caucasian village of Tschelaberd, this design is offen called Eagle Kazak. Recent research has established that the central motifs are sunburst guls.
7 ft 1 in by 5 ft 3 in

A Kazak Moghan Long Rug, Southeast Caucasus, late 19th C. A beautiful Caucasian rug, probably woven by a Kurdish weaver from the Moghan steppes. Three rows containing 27 Memling guls (named after the famous Flemish painter Hans Memling). Beautiful scrolling vine single border.
7 ft 10 in by 3 ft 7 in

A Moghan Rug, Southeast Caucasus, late 19th C. A mysterious rug probably from the Caucasian Moghan steppes. An unusual field comprising abstractions of shields, memling guls and stepped lozenges. The border is stunning and rare, broad in scale, the white background depicting what may be a scrolling vine abstraction.
4 ft 7 in by 3 ft 4 in

A Karabagh Rug, South Caucasus, late 19th C, with beautiful tiny botehs. An unusual old rug with dark brownish black field with scattered nave botehs across the field. A rather unusual use of dyes and field pattern. There is some corrosion in the field, giving the botehs a three dimensional floating appearance. The unusual size probably points to a rug woven for use as a bag or cover in the tent.
4 ft 10 in by 2 ft 2 in

A Karabagh Long Rug, South Caucasus, late 19th C to early 20th C. A dazzling so called French Karabagh from the Caucasian area adjoining the Kazak area to the east and southeast. This rug was probably woven in a village workshop, possibly for the aesthetic that appealed to the French market.
15 ft 2 in by 4 ft

A Karabagh Long Rug, South Caucasus, late 19th C. A beautiful, soft wool and floppy handle long kelleh rug from the Karabagh region, the blue ground field is filed with a repeating single flower motif. This motif is again repeated in the outer border, making a rather unique statement about the naive drawing. Two minor borders protect the central field of flowers, one in the eye-tricking trefoil design and the other in the classic scrolling vine composition also seen in South Persian weavings.
12 ft by 4 ft

A Karachopf Kazak Rug, Southwest Caucasus, late 19th C. A highly collectible Caucasian Kazak Karachopf rug - borders on Genje in the northeast and on Karabagh in the southeast, near Lake Sevan. Complete original multi-coloured double braided edges and selvedge both sides. Goats wool warp and red dyed wool weft. Abundant use of the rare old green colour.
7 ft by 5 ft

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 Shikli Rug, South Caucasus, late 19th C. A rare rug in a highly abstracted geometric composition rarely seen in these rugs. Full lustrous thick pile throughout. A very dramatic, rich, artistic rug with wonderful colours. Complete rug with its original edges both sides. Wool warp and red dyed wool weft.
8 ft by 5 ft

A Kazak Genje Runner, Southwest Caucasus, late19th C. A classic mellow runner from the Kazak or Genje region. Main border has repeat motifs associated with so-called Akstafa rugs. The heavy all-wool foundation is characteristic of Kazak area rugs.
9 ft 8 in by 3 ft 3 in

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 Runner, Southwest Caucasus, late 19th C to early 20th C. A very rustic and spontaneous rug, the weaver has demonstrated a truly free spirit in choosing the rich iconography including plants, flowers, people and animals. Beautiful abstract triple border system surrounding the narrow middle field panel.
11 ft by 3 ft 3 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

A Kuba Fragmentary Rug, Caucasus, late 19th C. A highly desirable white ground rug that is likely better suited for mounting as a piece of striking tribal art for the wall. The rug has a colourful palette including a range of hues and is in overall rough condition. Parts of the rug have been backed with fabric to secure the damage, and the composition has also been touched up with paint in a few places to better read the drawing.
4 ft 10 in by 3 ft 2 in

A Kazak 'Tree of Life' Rug, Southwest Caucasus, late 19th C to early 20th C. A highly desirable and rare rug, possibly woven by the Kurds. Very tribal feel with stylized animals and various nave filler elements. Supple and floppy handle, almost like a heavy blanket. The shaded brick-red field scattered with angular flowering vine, geometric motifs, animals and human figures around horizontal rows of angular tree of life design together with ivory and light blue panels containing angular flowerheads issuing arrowheads in a grey blue stylised cross motif together with flowerhead border between ivory angular vine meander, barber-pole and plain outer stripes.
7 ft 6 in by 5 ft 6 in

A Shirvan Kilim, East Caucasus, late 19th C to early 20th C. A collectible and desirable Caucasian kilim; the designs of these kilims originate in stylized dragon and sunburst sybolism. Some also refer to these as racing car icons.
10 ft 5 in by 5 ft 1 in

A Shirvan Long Rug, East Caucasus, late 19th C, on a highly desirable undyed white wool field. The main iconography probably represents stylized flowers laid out across the entire visible surface, with nave filler elements interspersed to add charm and spontaneity to the overall composition. Crabs fill the major border, surrounding by the classic Shirvan or Kuba alternating flower motif minors.
9 ft 3 in by 4 ft