FACHRALO carpet (Caucasus - Armenia), late 19th century - Lot 166

FACHRALO carpet (Caucasus - Armenia), late 19th century Dimensions: 246 x 150cm. Technical features: Wool velvet on wool foundation. A cherry-red field adorned with four navy polychrome stylized trees of life polychrome, four marine entomological shapes with diamonds, six arrow flowers characters, animals, flowers and small symbols, hosts a navy, serrated counter-field depicting the "foundations" of a church, which supports a hexagonal, jagged brick medallion centered on two gigantic entomological forms, bottle-green and anthracite, with multicolored gem hearts. heart. Two cruciform shapes with Kotchaks, four "insects", two animals and a variety of symbolism. The main border features "Kotchaks "(ram's horns) in contrasting ivory, delimiting small cherry, navy and emerald and emerald, with florets and hourglasses. It is flanked by two counter borders navy and anthracite, with positive/negative chess pieces. Ribbon highlights ribbons in brick, ivory and old gold. Pleasant set. Bibliography : - Battenberg antiquitäten katalogue, "Orientteppiche", Part 1: Kaukasische teppiche by Doris EDER, pages 88 to 93