Antique Karabagh from the Southern Caucasus Region, c.a. 1910 - 1940 custom carpets

Antique Karabagh from the Southern Caucasus Region, c.a. 1910 - 1940 custom carpetsAn extremely unusual and vibrant antique Karabagh from the lands between the Black and Caspian Seas. Long contested between Persian and Russia this mountainous region is one of the likely cradles and origins of rug weaving culture. The mountain peoples needing warmth wove amazing rugs and carpets with bright vibrant colours and bold geometric shapes and designs. This rug beams with authenticity and simple elegance. The colours are pure, rich and

Pietra Dura is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted

This keeps one's eyes engaged and moving round the blanket

of the mask wearer and transformed the wearer into a mystical state in a way to communicate with the supernatural to influence the powerful forces in nature

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it is tightly woven and has some lazy lines and is in wonderful condition

how intense the dyes concentration was and how long the wools and dyes were boiled and matured

Carved from a single tree this Jimma or Gurage Peoples Chair

masks shouldn't be view in isolation

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Ganesha and the G-ddess Devi

Age:100 Years +

Not only is the pile woven from wools from the famed plains of Gazni but the foundation is as well