Kazak | 155 x 99 cm | Nr. Z-3029

Geometric Kazak, beige with border

Origin	Pakistan
Dimensions	155 cm x 99 cm (= 1.5345 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes) Weft & Warp: cotton
knots per m²2	200.000
Pile height	5mm
Year of manufacture	2024
Colour	Beige, multicoloured
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

The Kazak (also Kasak) rugs belong to the group of Caucasian rugs. Rugs have been made in the Caucasus since the end of the 18th century. Their hallmark is abstract geometric tribal patterns in primary colours. The geometric and, more rarely, floral motifs are typically 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 Kazak rug was made from hand-spun wool and natural dyes using a traditional process in Pakistan – hand-knotted.

Pattern

The edge of the rug is graced by a surround (border) . The border forms an excellent contrast with the centre.

The abstract, geometric composition gives this Kazak its understated elegance. The pattern flatters the design of the room and doesn't draw attention away from the furniture, the decoration and the architectural features. It fits beautifully into any setting and complements a room's furnishings in a subtle way.

The background of this Kazak is beige. The border is worked in a mix of bright colours and beige.

Material

The technique used to produce the materials for the pile of this Kazak is more than 200 years old. The wool was dyed with natural dyes and spun by hand. Dyeing with natural or plant-based 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 dyestuff per kilo of wool. For a strong yellow that isn't too pale, you even need two kilograms of the dye weld per kilo of wool. Spinning the wool is just as time-consuming and labour-intensive. And fewer and fewer people still master spinning wool by hand.

But the effort is worth it: dyeing with natural colours lets the high-quality wool keep its natural lanolin content. The wool dyed with natural dyes and spun by hand creates fascinating, shifting 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 just as much in rooms furnished in a more traditional or country-house style. The weft and warp threads of this Kazak are made of cotton. This versatile material is tear-resistant and stretchy, which makes it especially suited to a hard-wearing foundation.