Technique: Kilim
Origin: Caucasus
Age: Antique
Welft: Wool
Warp: Wool
Shirwan realized with technique of Kilim "to break", in which the pattern is built exclusively using the colored threads of the woof. For technical reasons the patterns of kilims are constantly geometric, in fact the change of color can happen only horizontally or in orthogonal sense in comparison to the warp. The threads of woof are usually elegantly combed and strongly twisted; for this reason also the most antique pieces are very strong and consistent to the touch. In this piece of old manufacture, the pattern Kharchangh "shield" (evolution of the motive for Kuba) in the characteristic form of the lengthened lozenge are prepared on the field in regular sequences, very dense and in exchanged position. Again, from the central body of the base pattern start the stems that is stretched out in horizontal sense. The dark frame is decorated with a rigid Greek fret, broken by regular horizontal lines. Piece from the strong expressive dynamism, simple majestic.
