Model : Shirvan
Knots per square meter: 160 Mila | Age: 15 | Material Plot: WOOL | Material Warp: WOOL | Material Pile: WOOL | Shape: RECTANGULAR | Main Color: BLUE | Secondary Color: RED | Name: Shirvan | Type: CARPET | Source: Azerbaijan

• COLOR : AZURE
• STATE PRODUCT : Open & perfect
• Product Code LUX : 8639
• Code Shirvan : 537
• DIMENSIONS : 239x 142- H 7 (La misura dello spessore non e' indicativa. Lo spessore e' variabile a seconda del tappeto. The thickness measurement is not indicative.)

• Shirvan is the name of a region in the north-east of Azerbaijan where there are many village dedicated to carpet weaving among the most beautiful and refined throughout the Caucasus. Shirvan was also the name with which they were generically called the Caucasian rugs of superior quality when even the carpets of this region were not considered to be of great value. In fact the 800 merchants considered them cheap goods and much less important than the Turkish or Persian rugs that were far more valuable and quoted. The Shirvan, like most Caucasian rugs, are decorated with geometric designs and are made entirely of wool (at least until the Russian Revolution of 1917), the yarns are of excellent quality, the knot is a density appreciable and the colors are very beautiful both in the individual tonalities that color combinations that are the heart of the expressive power of this kind of carpets. The Shirvan areToday much loved and sought after by collectors around the world so as to be used also in the catalogs of major auction houses such as Sotheby's or Christie's.