Technique: Handknotted
Origin: Caucasus
Age: Antique
Welft: Wool
Warp: Wool
Vello: Wool
SHIRVAN MARASALI PRAYER RUG. In the district of Shirvan innumerable prayer rugs were produced, those of Marasali are among the most beautiful. They have a typical ornaments in the field with the characteristic "flame boteh" Marasali that densely covers the fund in various colors. In this piece of MARASALI Prayer rug of old manufacture: the "boteh", with a kind of crest of cock turns in alternate direction, are repeated orderly; the inside multiform pattern, changes with colors help; smaller ornamental patterns densely decorate the fund. In excellent conservation.
