Have you seen the wonderful designs of William Morris?
A key figure in the Arts & Crafts Movement, Morris championed a principle of handmade production that didn't chime with the Victorian era's focus on industrial'progress.
The source of carpet comes from the book Hali Magazine 1993 Issue 67, pg.93 and Hali Magazine 1992 Issue 61, pg.61. Peter Bausback, Mannheim, described it on the occasion of his exhibition at the Textura 1992 in Maastricht (see also HALI, Issue 67, 1993) as follows: ‘In my opinion, this is an excellent specimen of this group, to which in quality, color and expression no comparable piece is found’. The carpet was probably made in the 17th century in the Caucasus (in HALI 61, February 1992, the carpet is shown on p. 61 but is carefully conservative dated with 18th century) and resembles the early dragon carpets; it is much more expressive due to the powerful design of both the border and the field with the filling ornaments like people and animals. Very expressive are also the living dragon ornaments as the main motif of the carpet whose center forms a grimace-like element. The carpet comes from a noble Central European house and suspected that it once came to Europe via Transylvania. Unlike most of the other surviving dragon carpets, which come from manufactories, it is of undoubtedly village origin. Only in the Vakiflar Museum in Istanbul, there is such a dragon village rug shown, corresponding in size. The design of this rug is interpreted with a series of borders and soft colors are chosen by our designers for this rug.
Color summary: 8 colors of total most used 4 colors are
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