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A KARABAGH RUG A DAGHESTAN RUG
SOUTH CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1890 NORTH EAST CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1880
Of 'Tree' design, lightly corroded brown, Full pile throughout, naturally corroded black,
overall very good condition minor spot repairs at one end, selvages partially
6ft.10in. x 4ft.3in. (209cm. x 130cm.) rebound, original macrame braided fringes
7ft.2in. x 4ft.5in. (219cm. x 134cm.)
£4,000-6,000 US$4,700-7,000
€4,700-6,900 £3,000-5,000 US$3,500-5,700
€3,500-5,700
The arrangement of vertical stems issuing
individual polychrome flowerheads arranged
PROVENANCE:
on the diagonal, as seen on the present lot,
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 November 2019,
appears on a comparable example with lot 79
an ivory field that sold in these Rooms, 7
October 2014, lot 17. Both rugs belong to
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an unusual group of South Caucasian rugs
A FACHRALO PRAYER RUG
characterised by their field of flowering
KAZAK REGION, SOUTH CAUCASUS, CIRCA
stems that are reminiscent of the bold
1890
rosettes of Konya rugs. The golden yellow
Full pile throughout, a few minor spot repairs,
field of the present lot is a particularly
mostly very good condition
attractive as the majority of the other
6ft.5in. x 4ft.4in. (200cm. x 137cm.)
examples have narrow blue or green fields.
For other examples in the group please see; £4,000-6,000 US$4,700-7,000
Skinners, 12 June 1985, lot 118, and Rippon €4,700-6,900
Boswell, 7 May 1977, lot 95.
This particularly well preserved red-ground
Fachralo prayer rug displays an indigo re-entrant
motif at the bottom and a raised prayer arch
position. For a wider discussion on this group of
south Caucasian prayer rugs, see Ralph Kaffel,
182 Caucasian Prayer Rugs, London, 1998, pp.48-55.

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A BORJALU RUG The instantly recognisable design of this Borjalu rug is defined by the
KAZAK REGION, SOUTH CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1860 broad border of sharp double-hooked polychrome part-hexagons. The
Even overall wear and some spots of repiling, in overall good condition bright palette of the present rug, which incorporates a warm aubergine, is
6ft.8in. x 4ft.9in. (204cm. x 146cm.) of particular note. A very fine and colourful example of a Borjalu rug of the
same design can be seen in E. Herrmann, Seltene Orientteppiche VII, Munich,
£5,000-7,000 US$5,900-8,200
1985, p.62. pl.24. A further work, likewise with rich colouring and bold border
€5,800-8,100
design is found in Ulrich Schurmann, Caucasian Rugs, Braunschweig, 1961,
1974, pp.76-7, pl.11
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