Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug, Azarbaijan

Antique Rug Caucasian Kazak was handwoven circa 1890. This fantastic rug features a traditional design woven in colours of red and blue with ivory and orange accents. The design in this carpet is distinctive and is known as prayer design, these designs date back over 1000 years. One can find the connotation of the design back to pre-Islamic Persia, where the architectural plan was drawn and implemented rug designers. Ancient Persians believed the ideal place for paradise is through a gate, to unspoiled nature where one’s soul is guided by Mithraist ideals. One can easily observe the resemblance of the church’s gate to the paradisal Gate which is well over 7000 years old. Usually, this design is accompanied by the two vertical columns and supplemented by the lights in between the columns to guide one’s soul, which within ancient Persian philosophy we are fighting evil every day through the dark and lightness. Antique Rugs, Red Handmade Carpet, Caucasian Shirvan Red Oriental Rugs