Seychour Caucasian Rug #43265
Seychour Caucasian Rug, Late 19th Century - This striking antique Caucasian rug from Seychour features a stunning combination of tribal symbols and influences taken from Eastern Europe. The walnut brown field features a variety of angular medallions and palmettes surrounded by small-scale protection symbols, angular S-hooks, geometric animals and other motifs. Multiple sets of floral borders and prominent guardbands surround the superbly colored field. European-influenced outer borders feature decorative floral motifs and poppies with pendulous buds rendered in a painterly style. Segmented rosettes and juxtaposed tendrils decorate the crimson red guardbands while inner borders feature abstract blossom motifs set on a clear sapphire blue background. Woven in the late 19th century, this antique Caucasian rug from Seychour features a stunning variety of regional patterns and motifs rendered in an exceptionally bold and varied color palette that emphasizes the traditional Caucasian theme.
