Brazilian Caucasian Rugs

There has long been a fascination with the symbolism of the dragon and its depiction in carpet weavings. The design of ‘Dragon’ carpets consists of a field pattern composed of different colored overlaid lattices formed of pointed, serrated leaves creating intersecting lozenges, which alternately contain palmettes and are flanked by confronting stylized dragons, birds, or animal figures. The most archaic of the ‘Dragon’ carpets include dragon motifs with birds and running animals relatively naturalistically drawn, which stand either alone or in confronting pairs facing a tree. The Graf carpet, originally found in a Damascene mosque, now in the Islamiches Museum, Berlin, is considered to be the oldest example of this type, see Serare Yetkin, Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey, Vol. II, London, 1978, p.8, fig.118. Yetkin defines four types of ‘Dragon’ carpet: ‘Archaic’, ‘Four-Dragon’, ‘Dragon-and-Phoenix’ and as a further combined development of the latter, the ‘Two-Dragon’ style, of which the present carpet falls into the ‘Dragon-and-Phoenix group along with other examples, some of which include two fragments, one in the Museum fur Kunst und Gerwerbe, Hamburg; another in the Christian Museum, Esztergom, Hungary, a complete carpet in the Kier collection; an incomplete example in the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C; the ‘Cassirer’ Dragon carpet in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, Lugano; the Ali Pasa Mosque carpet in Tokat, and a further example in the Vakiflar Hali Museum, Istanbul (S. Yetkin, op. cit. pp.16-20). It has been suggested that the earliest examples of the Caucasian ‘Dragon’ carpets...

The source of the rug comes from the book Orient Star – A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.27. This is an ascending palmettes and flowers desi...

The source of rug comes from the book Orient Star – A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.17. This is a remarkable and very unusual swastika designed early 19th-century rug from the Central Caucasia area. This unusual pattern is not known on other rugs but is seen on two Anatolian embroideries...

There has long been a fascination with the symbolism of the dragon and its depiction in carpet weavings. The design of ‘Dragon’ carpets consists of a field pattern composed of different colored overlaid lattices formed of pointed, serrated leaves creating intersecting lozenges, which alternately contain palmettes and are flanked by confronting stylized dragons, birds, or animal figures. The most archaic of the ‘Dragon’ carpets include dragon motifs with birds and running animals relatively naturalistically drawn, which stand either alone or in confronting pairs facing a tree. It has been suggested that the earliest examples of the Caucasian ‘Dragon’ carpets...

The source of the rug comes from the book Caucasian Carpets, E. Gans-Reudin, Thames and Hudson, Switzerland 1986, pg.37. This luxurious and varied work is known as the Cassirer drago...

An unusual rugs example of Balkan Pirot Kilim rugs in excellent condition. These kind of traditional rugs are flat weave rug has named Kilim that most of t...

The source of the rug comes from the book Oriental Rugs Volume 1 Caucasian, Ian Bennett, Oriental Textile Press, Aberdeen, 1993, pg.247. This is a H...

Antique Caucasian Karabagh rugs and runners, circa 1890. These oriental rugs runners were made in the south-eastern Caucasus close to the Kazak district and bordering north-eastern. These antique Runner rugs are exemplary in their quality and design and are considered amongst the best carpets made in the Caucasus region. These Traditional rugs for sale from this region use a distinctive weave, a double weft which occurs between every two rows of knots. The geography of Karabagh contributes to the rugs falling into multiple design categories: the village type similar to the richly coloured Kazaks, the city type influenced by classical carpet style and the Russian design appealing to Western tastes and sensibility. Karabagh rugs feature medallion like eagle Kazak and Kazak with medallions containing is like forms and pictorial and realistic (French style, Aubusson, and Savonnerie) floral motifs. This one shows horsemen making it a very collectable piece. This runner rug can be a very good idea as a stair runner and bedroom runner rug. Luxury Antique...

The design source of the rug comes from the book Orient Star – A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993, no. 28. This is a Harshang design rug with pal...

An unusual rugs example of Balkan Pirot Kilim rugs in excellent condition. These kinds of traditional rugs are flat-weave rugs named Kilim that most of the time have a geometric desi...

The source of the rug comes from the book Oriental Rugs Volume 1 Caucasian, Ian Bennett, Oriental Textile Press, Aberdeen 1993, nr.250-251. This is a...

This is a complete hooked field with double medallions rug from the late 19th century, Kazak region, Caucasus area. A striking field design features three medallions each with concen...