Large Caucasian Sumack Carpet with Geometric Pattern, rug 16-1204, This magnificent antique Caucasian Sumak rug features an all-over pattern
that lends itself well to the detailed weft-wrapped weaving technique known as Soumak. All-over medallions, ...
Large Caucasian Sumack Carpet with Geometric Pattern, rug 16-1204, This magnificent antique Caucasian Sumak rug features an all-over pattern
that lends itself well to the detailed weft-wrapped weaving technique known as Soumak. All-over medallions, motifs and radiant appendages artfully spread across the fiery terra cotta field. Scrolling latch hooks, wolf's mouth devices, auspicious eight-pointed stars and a multitude of ancient protection symbols are skillfully woven into the intricately patterned, boldly colored field. Vitruvian scroll outer borders and delicate guard bands filled with conjoined botanical motifs wind around the perimeter of the composition and embrace the navy blue main borders, which contain protective trousseau boxes, serrated stars and complex duality symbols that are highly decorative and deeply meaningful to Caucasian weavers.
