Antique White Star Kazak Type A | #240101A | 5'8" X 7'3"
Antique Kazak White Star Type A Rug Star” Kazak Rug Southwest Caucasus5.8 x 7.3Dated 1883-1884 = 130. /13.4Wool pile of symmetric knots on a wool foundationNatural dyes Handspun materials This is a particularly brilliant example of the most desirable - Type One - varieties of a particularly valuable Kazak type. The narrow border of divided and interlocked small squares identifies it as of this type. Other types have wider borders or narrower dimensions or are more cluttered. This subtype is amazingly uniform and the published examples all show a central dark blue star, with red octogrammes above and below. The field is always an undyed natural cream. Above and below are half dark blue stars, indicating that it is only a part of a larger, overall design. This is reinforced in the current example by fractional red octogrammes and halved light blue stars along the edges, No examples are known with a larger pattern segment. Our piece is particularly noteworthy in the bold rhomboid and triangle accompaniment of the large lower half star. Our example displays numerous small birds and animals, as is seen on other fine examples. The hooks bind the design elements together and prevent the main sequence from pushing the lesser parts away. Geometric lazy S-shapes and spear heads also connect the main motives, yet do not touch them. Clearly a lattice was intended. Although early books have dated the group to the first decades of the 19th century, it's clear from dated examples that the Type 0ne pieces appeared in the 1870’s and 80’s. The Abadjian example may be the earliest since the herringbone fillers of the spear heads are more animated rather than the more formalized and regular drawing in this and other examples. But a dating spanning ten years for the group is more than sufficient to account for this difference. Type 0ne shows no evolution, with field color, content and proportions fixed and the narrow border well-defined. To find evolution, one must look to the other Groups. The Ballard example in the MMANY is probably the oldest of the other types, but it may not be older at all than those of Type 0ne. The dyes are uniform throughout the group and there are no examples with a synthetic aniline orange which appeared in 1890. It is like that one or two Armenian workshops wove this type and were then copied. But the Group overall was never very popular even though it is clearly one of the most graphic Kazak types. The homogeneity of the Group 0ne points to a single workshop. Our example, like all the others,is not inscribed, only dated. There is no reason to suspect the date. Our rug is in amazingly good condition, with unfaded dyes, no wear except in the usual brown oxidation corrosion, and only a bit of endfinish macrame unraveling in one corner. The dyes include: indigo for all blue; madder for the red; local plants for the yellow. Weld, which gives a lighter, clearer yellow, was not used. The colours of the type are so uniform that it is conceivable that the wool was dyed in large batches rather than on an individual basis. Our example shares exactly the palette, hue and chroma of the other examples of the type. No village has been assigned to the group either in part or whole, but it is clear that all Type One examples emanate from the same locale. Thus this iconic example must fit in precisely with the dozen or so surviving other rugs, but barring the dates, no stemma of stylistic evolution can be constructed. Our example fits right in the middle of the presumed period and must surely be one of the best of type. Any collector interested in Caucasian rugs must pay attention to this one. This is surely the best example of an ultra-desirable type to come to market in the last decade.
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Acton Showroom: (978) 263-0100
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Antique Kazak White Star Type A Rug Star” Kazak Rug Southwest Caucasus5.8 x 7.3Dated 1883-1884 = 130. /13.4Wool pile of symmetric knots on a wool foundationNatural dyes Handspun materials This is a particularly brilliant example of the most desirable - Type One - varieties of a particularly valuable Kazak type. The narrow border of divided and interlocked small squares identifies it as of this type. Other types have wider borders or narrower dimensions or are more cluttered. This subtype is amazingly uniform and the published examples all show a central dark blue star, with red octogrammes above and below. The field is always an undyed natural cream. Above and below are half dark blue stars, indicating that it is only a part of a larger, overall design. This is reinforced in the current example by fractional red octogrammes and halved light blue stars along the edges, No examples are known with a larger pattern segment. Our piece is particularly noteworthy in the bold rhomboid and triangle accompaniment of the large lower half star. Our example displays numerous small birds and animals, as is seen on other fine examples. The hooks bind the design elements together and prevent the main sequence from pushing the lesser parts away. Geometric lazy S-shapes and spear heads also connect the main motives, yet do not touch them. Clearly a lattice was intended. Although early books have dated the group to the first decades of the 19th century, it's clear from dated examples that the Type 0ne pieces appeared in the 1870’s and 80’s. The Abadjian example may be the earliest since the herringbone fillers of the spear heads are more animated rather than the more formalized and regular drawing in this and other examples. But a dating spanning ten years for the group is more than sufficient to account for this difference. Type 0ne shows no evolution, with field color, content and proportions fixed and the narrow border well-defined. To find evolution, one must look to the other Groups. The Ballard example in the MMANY is probably the oldest of the other types, but it may not be older at all than those of Type 0ne. The dyes are uniform throughout the group and there are no examples with a synthetic aniline orange which appeared in 1890. It is like that one or two Armenian workshops wove this type and were then copied. But the Group overall was never very popular even though it is clearly one of the most graphic Kazak types. The homogeneity of the Group 0ne points to a single workshop. Our example, like all the others,is not inscribed, only dated. There is no reason to suspect the date. Our rug is in amazingly good condition, with unfaded dyes, no wear except in the usual brown oxidation corrosion, and only a bit of endfinish macrame unraveling in one corner. The dyes include: indigo for all blue; madder for the red; local plants for the yellow. Weld, which gives a lighter, clearer yellow, was not used. The colours of the type are so uniform that it is conceivable that the wool was dyed in large batches rather than on an individual basis. Our example shares exactly the palette, hue and chroma of the other examples of the type. No village has been assigned to the group either in part or whole, but it is clear that all Type One examples emanate from the same locale. Thus this iconic example must fit in precisely with the dozen or so surviving other rugs, but barring the dates, no stemma of stylistic evolution can be constructed. Our example fits right in the middle of the presumed period and must surely be one of the best of type. Any collector interested in Caucasian rugs must pay attention to this one. This is surely the best example of an ultra-desirable type to come to market in the last decade.
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Please contact a showroom near you for up-to-date pricing and availability
Acton Showroom: (978) 263-0100
Boston Showroom: (978) 739-9033
Email: info@firstrugs.com
Antique Kazak White Star Type A Rug Star” Kazak Rug Southwest Caucasus5.8 x 7.3Dated 1883-1884 = 130. /13.4Wool pile of symmetric knots on a wool foundationNatural dyes Handspun materials This is a particularly brilliant example of the most desirable - Type One - varieties of a particularly valuable Kazak type. The narrow border of divided and interlocked small squares identifies it as of this type. Other types have wider borders or narrower dimensions or are more cluttered. This subtype is amazingly uniform and the published examples all show a central dark blue star, with red octogrammes above and below. The field is always an undyed natural cream. Above and below are half dark blue stars, indicating that it is only a part of a larger, overall design. This is reinforced in the current example by fractional red octogrammes and halved light blue stars along the edges, No examples are known with a larger pattern segment. Our piece is particularly noteworthy in the bold rhomboid and triangle accompaniment of the large lower half star. Our example displays numerous small birds and animals, as is seen on other fine examples. The hooks bind the design elements together and prevent the main sequence from pushing the lesser parts away. Geometric lazy S-shapes and spear heads also connect the main motives, yet do not touch them. Clearly a lattice was intended. Although early books have dated the group to the first decades of the 19th century, it's clear from dated examples that the Type 0ne pieces appeared in the 1870’s and 80’s. The Abadjian example may be the earliest since the herringbone fillers of the spear heads are more animated rather than the more formalized and regular drawing in this and other examples. But a dating spanning ten years for the group is more than sufficient to account for this difference. Type 0ne shows no evolution, with field color, content and proportions fixed and the narrow border well-defined. To find evolution, one must look to the other Groups. The Ballard example in the MMANY is probably the oldest of the other types, but it may not be older at all than those of Type 0ne. The dyes are uniform throughout the group and there are no examples with a synthetic aniline orange which appeared in 1890. It is like that one or two Armenian workshops wove this type and were then copied. But the Group overall was never very popular even though it is clearly one of the most graphic Kazak types. The homogeneity of the Group 0ne points to a single workshop. Our example, like all the others,is not inscribed, only dated. There is no reason to suspect the date. Our rug is in amazingly good condition, with unfaded dyes, no wear except in the usual brown oxidation corrosion, and only a bit of endfinish macrame unraveling in one corner. The dyes include: indigo for all blue; madder for the red; local plants for the yellow. Weld, which gives a lighter, clearer yellow, was not used. The colours of the type are so uniform that it is conceivable that the wool was dyed in large batches rather than on an individual basis. Our example shares exactly the palette, hue and chroma of the other examples of the type. No village has been assigned to the group either in part or whole, but it is clear that all Type One examples emanate from the same locale. Thus this iconic example must fit in precisely with the dozen or so surviving other rugs, but barring the dates, no stemma of stylistic evolution can be constructed. Our example fits right in the middle of the presumed period and must surely be one of the best of type. Any collector interested in Caucasian rugs must pay attention to this one. This is surely the best example of an ultra-desirable type to come to market in the last decade.
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Please contact a showroom near you for up-to-date pricing and availability
Acton Showroom: (978) 263-0100
Boston Showroom: (978) 739-9033
Email: info@firstrugs.com