Antique Kuba Rug 3'9'' x 6'3''

Antique Kuba rug 2'10'' x 4'5''. The dark red field displays five deeply serrated stacked lozenges in old gold, ecru, teal blue, charcoal and red, wi...

Antique Kuba Rug 3'5'' x 5'9''.

Antique Kuba Rug 3'1'' x 3'10''.

Sarouk Rug 2'6'' x 6'3''.

Antique Shirvan Kuba rug measures 2'7'' x 3'4''.

Who’s got a dog in this fight? Clearly, two male peasants do, as they try to separate the two battling beasts with a hayfork and a stick while a mother and child cower to the right. The rustic character of the scene is emphasized by a farmhouse to the right. In the foreground are logs, leafy plants and a brook or stream. Trees in full seasonal leaf close off the scene at the left and background the excitement. The palette is warm, with an assortment of browns, greys, greens, straw, sand and sienna. The clothes of the peasant women are touched in pale blue-greys, light yellow and ecru. The fallen dog is in shades of brown, while the collared aggressor has a dark brown and off white coat. This wall hanging is executed in slit tapestry weave with wool pattern wefts. Measurres: 2'0'' x 3'9''. The styles of clothing indicate an early 19th century date for the depicted event, but the piece is clearly later. Tapestry depictions of peasant scenes began in the 18th century in both Flanders and France with the work of the Flemish artist David Teniers II. These were popular in the cities with the rising affluent upper middle class who never came in contact with the real peasanterie, but who wanted to show their imagined roots in an agrarian lifestyle. In the 19th century, these tapestries were particularly popular in France. Unlike earlier tapestry sets...

A late 19th-century Caucasian Zeychour Kuba rug. Measures: 4.3'' x 5.3'' A subtype of the Kuba rug, antique Seychour (also known as Seichur and Zeychour) rugs are made in the s...

Late 19th Century Antique Caucasian Kuba Prayer Rug Measures: 3'9'' x 4'10''.

Early Century Antique Caucasian Kuba Prayer rug Measures: 2'7'' x 3'10''.

Kuba Kilim rug. An old tribal Kilim rug from the Caucasus with somewhat unusual design.

Antique Kuba Rug, Late 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'7" W x 5'6" L Origin: Caucasus Period: Late 19th Century

Square shaped early 20th century Caucasian weave. 4'10'' x 4'10'' Rugs from the Kuba region are made from wool, though cotton is also used on rare occasion. The wool is always comp...