Bordjalou Kazak (442)

Bordjalou prayer Kazak rug from southwest Caucasus

Age: circa 1880

Size: 5′.1"x4′.2" (155×127 cm)

The tomato red field of this iconic Bordjalou prayer Kazak rug displays two green fringed hexagon medallions,five small octagon cartouches and two larger panels in light blue.There are numerous stylized botehs,and a few small rosettes.The re-entrant arch at the bottom and the mihrab arch above are both in light blue.Light blue also grounds the plain innermost border and two additional plain guard lines.A complex reciprocal pattern is dublicated in red and green and ivory and dark brown in the border system.There are six narrow barber pole lines present..All the colors are from natural sources.The rug is in good condition.