Rare carpet Dagestan, Caucasus - Armenia - Lot 102

Rare carpet Dagestan, Caucasus - Armenia Late 19th century, with Armenian inscriptions on the head. Wool velvet on wool foundation. An ivory field supports a vegetal trellis with brick and nattier blue blossoming corollas. A comb, various small symbols and above all an inscription in Armenian and Abjad letters personalize this rug. The frame is composed of four brick and anthracite borders adorned with cruciform flowers, chess pawns, carnation garlands and multicolored lozenges. This rug has the particularity of having been started in its lower border by polychrome triangles in a staggered pattern. Beautifully presented. Dimensions : 148 x 130 cm Bibliography - Caucasian Rugs by U. SCHURMANN pages 317, 319, 323 SOLD BY APPOINTMENT