CU-1243 - Antique Caucasian Shirvan Kilim Rug

This is a Caucasian Shirvan kilim long rug with a pattern of wide navy horizontal rows of stepped hexagons enclosing smaller, similar hooked devices. Instead of wide and somewhat narrower bands alternating, the latter have shrunk to thinner ivory lines with stepped crosses as ornaments. Terra cotta, ivory, medium blue, yellow-tan, and brown-lack are among the salient tones of this slit tapestry carpet with a generally more restrained palette. At the ends of the broad sections are amusing geometric fillers. The general tonality extends to the dark gray-brown barber pole warps. In their country of origin, these kilims had multiple functions: floorcoverings, room dividers, wall decorations, cart covers, indeed any place where a durable, colorful larger-scale textile was appropriate