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Old Kazak | 240 x 140 cm | Nr. 20051

Sale price3.900,00 € Regular price5.280,00 €
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Old Kazak

This one-of-a-kind piece in rust red and dark blue brings together traditional craftsmanship and timeless elegance. At around 120,000 knots per m², the workmanship is correspondingly elaborate, as the precise drawing and the finely worked details show. Its 240 × 140 cm make it a runner for hallway and entrance area. It shows to equally good effect in a long corridor or on a landing. The harmonious colouring and the distinctive texture give any room an exclusive, homely atmosphere. A rug of this quality is far more than a piece of furnishing – it is a piece of traditional textile art with a character of its own and lasting value.

Delivery time 2 days
Origin Kazakhstan
Dimensions 240 cm x 140 cm (= 3.36 m²)
Construction hand-knotted
Material Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes)
Weft & Warp: wool
knots 120.000
Year of manufacture 1930
Condition pre-owned, but in very good condition (cleaned & restored)
Edition one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

Kazak (also spelled Kasak) rugs belong to the group of Caucasian rugs. Rugs have been made in the Caucasus since the end of the 18th century. Characteristic are the abstract, geometric tribal patterns in primary colours. Typically the geometric – and more rarely floral – motifs are rendered in intense, high-contrast colours. In the 19th century, a considerable share of these rugs, produced mainly in villages, was exported to the West under Russian control.

This Old Kazak is around 96 years old and a genuine collector's piece.

Material

The technique used to produce the materials for the pile of this Old Kazak is more than 200 years old. The wool was dyed with natural dyes and spun by hand. Dyeing with natural or plant dyes is more complicated, more expensive and more time-consuming than dyeing with chemical colours. For a luminous red, for example, you need around one kilo of ground madder root as dye for every kilo of wool. For a strong yellow that is not too pale you even need two kilograms of the dyestuff weld per kilo of wool. Spinning the wool is just as time-consuming and labour-intensive. And fewer and fewer people still know how to spin wool by hand.

But the effort is worth it: dyeing with natural colours allows the high-quality wool to keep its natural oil content. Wool that has been dyed with natural colours and spun by hand creates fascinating, shimmering patterns. The charm of hand-spun wool, with its slight irregularities and natural shades, comes into its own as a contrast in modern interiors, but equally in rooms furnished in a more traditional or country style.

The foundation (weft and warp threads) of this Old Kazak is made of new wool.

Condition

You are not the first to take a liking to this Old Kazak. It had owners before you who valued it and used it. GOHA It was knotted in around 1930. We have cleaned it thoroughly and restored it with great care. Despite its age, it is therefore in very good condition.