Beautiful MARASALI carpet (Caucasus-Shirvan), late 19th century. Dimensions: 160 x 130cm. Technical features: Wool velvet on wool backing. A navy blue field sown with small flowers, hosts a multitude of stylized multicolored radiating botehs typical of MARASALI rugs. The ivory mihrab supports a similar vaulted ceiling. Four polychrome borders with stylized flowers frame the whole. Highlighting and lacework. Bibliography : - KAUKASISCHE TEPPICHE by Ulrich SCHÜRMAN, plate 111 - Carpets around the world by Andrew MIDDLETON page 61

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