Old Kazak | 330 x 120 cm | Nr. 20063

1.490,00 €

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Old Kazak

Craftsmanship and timeless elegance come together in this rug in beige. A knot density of approx. 60,000 knots per m² makes the painstaking work visible – right down to the fine execution of the details. At 330 × 120 cm it is well placed as a runner for hallways and entrance areas. It also looks good beside the bed. Colouring and texture give any room a homely, exclusive note – a one-of-a-kind piece that will last for years.

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	Russia
Dimensions	330 cm x 120 cm (= 3.96 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes) Weft & Warp: wool
knots	60.000
Year of manufacture	1930
Condition	pre-owned and cleaned
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 put it to use. It was knotted around 1930. It has been thoroughly cleaned and is in good but unrestored condition. The pile has become quite thin over the years. The fringes & edges are in need of repair, too. We have not restored this Old Kazak, because we feel it has a special presence exactly as it is. If you would rather have it restored, we are of course happy to do that for you. Either way, this Old Kazak will bring you pleasure for decades to come.

A note on the photos

The colours of this rug change depending on which side you look at it from. It all depends on whether the light falls with the nap of the pile or against it. That is why we have photographed the rug from several angles.

Child labour? No thanks.

Child labour? No thanks. Children belong in school, not at a knotting frame or a loom. For us it therefore goes without saying that we only offer rugs made under fair conditions and without child labour.

We attach particular importance to humane working conditions and tolerate no child labour at any of our producers. Thank you for helping us to ensure fair conditions.

That is why we support the initiative Care & Fair against child labour in the rug trade.