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Antique Caucasian Avar Kilim Gallery Carpet, No.25659 - Galerie Shabab

Antique Caucasian Avar Kilim Gallery Carpet

No. 25659
Persia, Circa 1908
4 ft. 11 in. x 17 ft. 2 in.
(1.49 x 5.19 m)

An antique Caucasian Avar Kilim Gallery carpet. From Daghestan in the NE Caucasus, this slit-tapestry technique kellegi has a deep blue field decorated with three characteristic large red symmetric “bug” palmettes. The red border shows doubly connected pinched octagons. The red/blue palette is standard on Avar kilims which are usually, as here, long and narrow, and often date

  • Hand-woven in the Caucasus
  • Wool
  • One-of-a-kind

 
 
 
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