DAGHESTAN PRAYER RUG
Northeast Caucasian

(Connoisseur-Caliber) ("New Arrivals Gallery") Dated 1894 in its uppermost field, this wondrous, superbly crafted piece exemplifies the skill and joie de vivre inherent in the best Daghestan Prayer Rugs. Collectors often hang such rugs on the wall or by a favorite armchair, locations that are conducive to quiet study because, as this piece offers, the detailing on Daghestan honeycombs tempts the viewer to enter slowly this remarkably varied garden of flowers. It is nearly impossible to track how many different designs are presented and impossible to mentally enumerate its color combinations, all endeavors ending in marvel instead. Beyond the Herculean attention to detail, this rug achieves an unusually sensitive balance of design and harmony amidst the hues that are the ultimate lodestar for all antique Oriental carpet weavers. In Caucasian and Southern Persian tribal carpets, the niche in prayer rugs is, first and foremost, an intriguing design element and, sometimes symbolica

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