Antique Caucasian Kazak Runner
No. 29117
Caucasus, Early 20th Century
3 ft. 10 in. x 8 ft. 8 in.
(1.16 x 2.62 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a mixed wool and cotton foundation. Two columns each of seven Memling guls forming a nearly square lattice decorate the near black field of this rustic, though condition compromised, kellegi (long rug) probably woven by a Kurdish group in the Caucasus or adjacent northwestern Persia. Ecru main border of variously colored stars. The single weft and part cotton warp materials point toward a Kurdish weaver.
