Kazak | 202 x 152 cm | Nr. Z-4269

Geometric Kazak, pink with border

Origin	Pakistan
Dimensions	202 cm x 152 cm (= 3.0704 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes) Weft & Warp: cotton
knots per m²2	360.000
Pile height	4mm
Year of manufacture	2025
Colour	Pink, bright colours
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

Kazak rugs (also spelled Kasak) 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. Typically, the geometric and, more rarely, floral motifs are rendered in intense, high-contrast colours. In the 19th century, a considerable share of these largely village-made rugs was exported to the West under Russian control.

This Kazak rug was hand-knotted in Pakistan following a traditional method, using hand-spun wool and natural dyes.

Pattern

The abstract, geometric composition is what gives this Kazak its understated elegance. The pattern flatters the design of the room and never draws attention away from the furniture, the décor or the architectural elements. It creates a pleasant atmosphere without dominating the style of the room.

The edge of the rug is framed by a decorative border. The border forms a beautiful contrast with the centre.

The background of this Kazak is pink. The border is worked in pink and multicoloured tones.

Material

The technique used to prepare 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 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 is not too pale, you even need two kilograms of weld per kilo of wool. Spinning the wool is just as time-consuming and labour-intensive. What is more, fewer and fewer people still master spinning wool by hand.

But the effort is worth it: because it is dyed with natural colours, the high-quality wool keeps its natural lanolin content. Wool dyed with natural colours and spun by hand creates fascinating, shifting patterns. The charm of hand-spun wool, with its slight irregularities and natural shades, unfolds as a contrast in modern interiors, but just as happily in rooms furnished in a more traditional or country style. The weft and warp threads of this Kazak are made of cotton. This versatile material is tear-resistant and elastic, which makes it especially well suited to a hard-wearing foundation.