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Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs

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MIDDLE EAST – Caucusus<br />

Kaitag<br />

18 th Century<br />

Daghestan<br />

Silk floss embroidery with couching<br />

on hand loomed cotton.<br />

56 x 99 cm 22 x 39 in<br />

Subdued chromatic rendering <strong>of</strong> three central<br />

diamonds with flared horn decorations.<br />

Contrasting border with castellated edge forms,<br />

horns, and all around circular dots. These motifs<br />

are related to tattoos worn by mountain women.<br />

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