Kazak Carpet Akstafa Mid 20th Century

Entirely knotted by hand, pure wool, vegetable dyes, size: 2,21mx1,37m; The term Kazak is used generically to classify a group of heterogeneous carpets from various areas of the Caucasus.The Kazak of the nineteenth century were knotted entirely in wool, it was carpets long velvet and bright and large colored drawings varying geometric type depending on the area of ​​production.In the course of the twentieth century, we rediscovered the beauty of both colors and original and fanciful drawings, always made from memory by women who passed them from mother to daughter, transmitting over the centuries this This is how the Caucasian carpets began to be appreciated and increasingly sought after by amateurs and collectors until they reached remarkable prices and won a leading position in the panorama of Kazak oriental rugs (Kazak rugs). , or Kazakh): hand-knotted carpets from the area north and west of Lake Sevan in the south-west East of the Caucasus. Originally, these carpets were named after the village of Kazak (Azerbaijan), where they were made until around 1925. These are the best known and most appreciated Caucasian rugs. They are characterized, among other things, by a long velvet and the fact that they sometimes have up to eight weft threads between their rows of knots. These relatively spaced knotted carpets have a high quality wool pile which gives them good strength. Most are approximately dozar in size (about 200 x 120 cm) and their width is often remarkable in relation to their length. The colors are bright and the patterns large and original.