Detailed Product Description

Lot No: 16006

Carpet No: SH16008

Name: Marasali-Shirwan

Size: 185 x 124

Origin: Shirvan, Caucasus

Age:  1875

Pile Material(Wool, Silk, Cotton): Wool

Warp Material: Cotton

Weft Material: Cotton

Salvedge Material: Wool

Knots (Per Square Meter): 640,000 per square metre

Total Knots in Whole Carpet: 576,000 knots

Condition: Good

Type Of Colour: 100% Natural Vegetable Colours

Carpet for Investment: Yes

Carpet for Collectors: Yes

Description of Design and History:

A most unusual Caucasian village rug from the north eastern province of Shirvan . The field is divided into five vertical panels piled in cream, red and dark blue. The red panels contain a vertical series of angular boteh. The field is surrounded by a border in red with two guard borders in dark blue. A most attractive east Caucasian village rug of a highly unusual type, possible attributable to the rare Marasali group on the basis of its boteh design.