SHIRVAN AKSTAFA RUG

Shirvan Akstafa ancient beautiful, perfectly preserved and without restorations

Mid-nineteenth-century Caucasian carpet that can still be used for many years. In addition, very rare for Caucasian rugs of this length, the rug is perfectly in view.

In this Shirvan Akstafa four characteristic Akstafa stars are flanked by five copies of typical and imposing Akstafa birds. The Akstafa birds are completely decorated on the neck and on the body with "S" motifs and four of these by an important tuft of erect feathers: horses, sheep, goats, dogs, naive figures of camels and camel-drivers, mostly grouped birds four at a time. And still hooked lozenges, rosettes and other motifs fill the field completely. The depiction of the pairs of birds that, under the mighty wings, carry masterly inserted animals and birds on the back, are very successful. Border Akstafa are enclosed by pairs of serrated oak leaves secondary edges with rounded "S" shapes, one on a blue background and one on a yellow background delicate shirasi originating midnight blue which, in the manner of the Talish, takes up the color of the background.

The Shirvan Akstafa rugs are quite rare and the ancient ones like this are rarely well preserved.

These Caucasian rugs were knotted by an ethnic minority stationed in the far south-west of the Shirwan region, almost on the border with Kazak. For antique carpets of this level I recommend our excellent non-slip cut-to-size under-rug, because it helps you keep it longer. See the other Shirvan Akstafa rugs from our wonderful collection of gb-rugs.