2623
3'-9" x 6'-3"
AGE & ORIGIN:
c. 1920
S. Caucuses/Persia
OVERVIEW:
While the attribution of this rug remains somewhat muddled, the innate beauty and visual interest captured is not, and is a reminder that occasionally old rugs harken less to antiquity and are more naively prescient of timelessness.
There is an urge to pigeonhole this rug based on its design as a ‘Talish’, however the typical elements that make Talish rugs so discernable becomes interrupted here with the typically voided field pocked with small geometry (not to mention, of technical interest, a coarser weave that may denote a weaving from the Southern Caucuses generally, with only the ‘Talish’ coat of paint).
A map of stars or perhaps ships atop waves, although abstract enough to allow the viewer to use their discernment. Both almond borders have been stretched and broken to place them statically within their lanes, resembling less the typical meandering border and something more akin to distinct medallions. The main border holds interesting elements as well; rotative squares and stepped diamonds serve as well-spaced medallions harkening again to some Talish interests.
This rug holds an interesting position between the decorative and the collectable. We have been conservative on the age, although the 1890s is not necessarily out of the question.
CONDITION:
Near-original condition
NOTES:
Minor, professionally rewoven area in bottom corner (see photo)
Mostly full pile with some minor lower areas
Original kilim ends with one section that was stabilized
One minor pucker in border (see photo)
2623
3'-9" x 6'-3"
AGE & ORIGIN:
c. 1920
S. Caucuses/Persia
OVERVIEW:
While the attribution of this rug remains somewhat muddled, the innate beauty and visual interest captured is not, and is a reminder that occasionally old rugs harken less to antiquity and are more naively prescient of timelessness.
There is an urge to pigeonhole this rug based on its design as a ‘Talish’, however the typical elements that make Talish rugs so discernable becomes interrupted here with the typically voided field pocked with small geometry (not to mention, of technical interest, a coarser weave that may denote a weaving from the Southern Caucuses generally, with only the ‘Talish’ coat of paint).
A map of stars or perhaps ships atop waves, although abstract enough to allow the viewer to use their discernment. Both almond borders have been stretched and broken to place them statically within their lanes, resembling less the typical meandering border and something more akin to distinct medallions. The main border holds interesting elements as well; rotative squares and stepped diamonds serve as well-spaced medallions harkening again to some Talish interests.
This rug holds an interesting position between the decorative and the collectable. We have been conservative on the age, although the 1890s is not necessarily out of the question.
CONDITION:
Near-original condition
NOTES:
Minor, professionally rewoven area in bottom corner (see photo)
Mostly full pile with some minor lower areas
Original kilim ends with one section that was stabilized
One minor pucker in border (see photo)
Image 1 of 16
Image 2 of 16
Image 3 of 16
Image 4 of 16
Image 5 of 16
Image 6 of 16
Image 7 of 16
Image 8 of 16
Image 9 of 16
Image 10 of 16
Image 11 of 16
Image 12 of 16
Image 13 of 16
Image 14 of 16
Image 15 of 16
Image 16 of 16