Country of Origin: Caucasus/Karabagh

JBOC Comments: I wrote in my Guide to Bijar Persian Carpets:

The Late George Washington O'Bannon cites the secondary oak leaf and rosette border as "Bijar Property".3 The main Herati border is also very common with Bijars. However a Bijar may have any of a large number of borders of which these are just a sample.

So when I look at the well articulated "oak leaf and rosette border" in this rug dated 1865 it makes me wonder if there is a tie between the Garrusi/Bijari Kurds and Karabagh. We know that Moslems including Kurds moved south from the Caucasus and Armenians moved north in the 19th century. The transfer occurred much earlier in Karabagh then in present day Armenia.

Catalogue Description:

CARPETS
SALE N07919 LOT 180
SESSION 2 | 19 Sep 03 2:00 PM.
New York
A KARABAGH GALLERY CARPET, SOUTH CAUCASUS
8,000—12,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 10,200 USD
MEASUREMENTS
approximately 28ft. 1in. by 5ft. 5in. (8.56 by 1.65m.)
DESCRIPTION
DATE OF OBJECT
Armenian inscription and dated 1865

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