An Azerbaijan silk embroidery, South Caucasus

worked in satin stitch and running stitch

Silk embroidery on dyed madder red linen ground. Some scattered losses to embroidery mostly to oxidized dark browns and red silk. Largest losses are to the left center side also with scattered spot stains. Further scattered spot stains, not extensive. Missing outer red surround on upper edge and left side edge. Stretched and mounted on linen.
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No other embroidery in this collection so explicitly supports the thesis that many of these seventeenth and eighteenth century needleworks served as the prototypes for nineteenth century Caucasian rug designs. In this case, the pattern found in Moghan Kazak rugs reflects that of this embroidery.