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TAPIS BAKOU

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BAKOU CARPET
Wool velvet on wool foundation.
Two brick, anthracite and ivory "royal thrones", framed by four small ruby, cream and ivory mihrab "carpets", decorated with kotchaks and botehs, stand out on an anthracite field with small motifs, animals and Medes stars. Two large multicolored stylized floral compositions surround the ensemble. The main ruby border features a double row of opposing botehs. It is flanked by an anthracite counter-border with kotchaks, an ivory counter-border with small polychrome botehs and an old gold counter-border with a series of "S". Two-tone highlights. Beautifully elegant.
Caucasus, late 19th century.
Height: 188 cm - Width: 126 cm.
(Wear.)