First half 19th century, 255 x 188 cm, South West Caucasus

This large Sevan Kazak with a powerfully drawn shield design, a cartouche border and intensely luminous colours is one of the early examples of this group of village rugs. – Signs of age and wear, several creases, a number of stitched vertical tears. Corroded brown, repairs, the selvedges are still partly original.

TSCHEBULL, RAOUL, Kazak. Carpets of the Caucasus. New York 1971, pl. 29 *** KESHISHIAN, HAROLD M. (ed.), The Treasure of the Caucasus. Rugs from American Collections. Washington, DC 1992, pl. 4 *** HERRMANN, EBERHART, Seltene Orientteppiche VII. Munich 19