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Verné rug with stylized dragon figures, mid-19th century. 2.48 × 1.80 metres. Verné rug from the Caucasus, late 19th century; in a private collection in New York state.
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Verné rug with stylized dragon figures, mid-19th century. 2.48 × 1.80 metres.
Verné rug with stylized dragon figures, mid-19th century. 2.48 × 1.80 metres.

verné rug

Also known as: verneh rug, verni rug
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verné rug, handmade Caucasian floor covering that was formerly termed a sileh. It is usually woven in two pieces joined at the middle, with a design composed of squarish compartments, usually in horizonal rows of two per panel. Within the squares are large backward S-shaped figures, representing dragons, filled with smaller Z-shaped figures. Often the field colours of the larger figures alternate from one row to the next. There is a narrow border, at times...

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