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A rare and bold large…
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Melbourne
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19-Sep-2023
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A rare and bold large flat-woven blue ground rug or hanging, Daghestan, Caucasus, Second half of the nineteenth century. wool warp and weft, . This type of weaving is characteristic of nineteenth-century village production in mountainous northern Daghestan. Produced by Kumik, Avar and Dargin peoples, the weavings were intended covers for a long bench or floor and could also be used hung horizontally as a decorative wall hanging, sometimes covering more than one wall of a room in a small village house. This outstanding example is woven in dovetailed tapestry weave, with some supplementary wefts and areas of slit tapestry weave with 'lazy lines' in areas of solid colour. There is abrash apparent in the indigo-dyed field and a soft madder red used for the archaic motifs and in the main border. Additional colours of light blue, green and yellow are characteristic of the type. The field contains no in-fill ornaments, giving a two-dimensional effect and a strong graphic quality comparable to appliqued textiles and the felt carpets produced in the Caucasus and also in Central Asia. Provenance: Exhibited Adam Galleries, Melbourne, 1992; thereafter in the collection of Elizabeth Cross and the late Dr Jack Wodak, Melbourne. Reference: Richard E. Wright and John Wertime, Caucasian Carpets and Covers: The Weaving Culture. London: HALI Publications Ltd., in association with Laurence King, 1995, pp. 52–53. Dimensions: 505 cm x 134 cm
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