Borjalou Kazak Prayer Rug

Dated 1303 AH = 1886 AD, 151 x 107 cm, South West Caucasus

This red-ground Borjalou prayer rug shows a re-entrant motif at the bottom and a prayer arch positioned high up. The field centre is accentuated by two diamonds decorated with hooks and two hexagons enclosing tree motifs, with a number of small ornamental designs distributed around them. Three hexagons with a cruciform interior drawing are seen at the lower end of the field, and the same motif is repeated twice at the top. The three-band border presents the typical Borjalou design of reciprocal trefoils and hooks. - Small repiled sections, good overall condition, original selvedges.

HERRMANN, EBERHART, Von Konya bis Kokand. Seltene Orientteppiche III. München 1980, Nr.20