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Parquet Carpet, KARABAGH or SHIRWAN
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Parquet Carpet, KARABAGH or SHIRWAN

anonymous · 1800 - 1900 · Ghiordesknoop; wool

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Carpet, Karabagh or Shirwan. Central field: dark blue ground with four stacked octagons spanning the full width. The colors are white, burnt Sienna, sea green and burnt Sienna again. In each stands a stepped-gable block in blue, red and white with outward-facing hooks. In the corners, scattered ornaments. Border: threefold. Three equally narrow borders are respectively red, yellow and blue, filled with zigzag lines, rosettes and crab motifs.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePerkenkleed, KARABAGH of SHIRWAN. 1800 - 1900. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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