Cloudband Kazak (563)

Cloudband Kazak rug from Armenia,southwest Caucasus

Age: circa 1885

Size: 7′.6″x4′.4″ (229×132 cm)

Eight serpentine cloudbands in ivory and red ornament each medallion with centers in blue and yellow.The medallions are grounded in abrashed green and dark brown against a madder red field with amusing animals and secondary geometric devices.The ivory main border shows a floating hooked triangular pattern and is flanked by red and green and red and blue keyhole reciprocal minor borders and four dotted red and white and red and yellow barberpole lines.The weave is moderate and the handle is leathery.All the colors are from natural sources.The piece is in good condition.