Shahsavan Bag Face

Second half 19th century, 45 x 49 cm, South East Caucasus, Moghan-Savalan region

Knotted Shahsavan bag faces are far more rarely encountered than weavings in the sumakh technique. The field is decorated with colourful diagonal stripes containing small diamonds. The wide white-ground border contains motifs shaped like brackets. – Minimally reduced at the bottom, small moth holes, damage to the selvedge along the left-hand side.

HERRMANN, EBERHART, Kaukasische Teppichkunst im 19. Jahrhundert. Ein Bilderbuch. München 1993, Nr.35b