19th Century Yellow and Red Caucasian Talish Rug with Flower Pattern, 1890s

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The territory of Talish is located in the southeastern part of the Caucasus, near the Caspian Sea. The main features … Read more The territory of Talish is located in the southeastern part of the Caucasus, near the Caspian Sea. The main features of Talish carpets are the elongated size and a relatively narrow central field, often as wide as the border. They also have a rather high fleece of soft wool with velvet luster Yellow-bottomed Talish like ours are very rare. The main red border accentuates the warm gold tone of the central field. A two-tone diamond lattice encloses the ancient symbol of the "PALMETTA". Classic the main border on a red brick background decorated with large rosettes with eight lobes. The secondary borders are decorated one with star elements the other is decorated with small flowers on a green background. By manual is finally the outer closure with the medacyl, the pattern with arrowheads reciprocal, in black and blue. See less