Antique Caucasian Shahsavan Soumak Rug 100-Year Wool USSR taz_character_art this lapis lazuli ring promises

this lapis lazuli ring promises to turn heads and spark conversations

💙 Rug ID: BAK201-6799

Among the many ancient weaving techniques of the Caucasus and Persian world

and the landscape has changed dramatically

Antique Caucasian Shahsavan Soumak Rug 100-Year Wool USSR taz_character_art this lapis lazuli ring promisesThe Shahsavan Soumak: Flatweave Mastery from the Soviet Era Caucasus The Shahsavan sometimes written Shahsevan, meaning "those who love the Shah" in Persian are a tribal confederation of Azerbaijan and northwestern Persia whose history interweaves with the political transformations of the Caucasus across several centuries. By the early 20th century, the Shahsavan who inhabited the Soviet administered regions of Azerbaijan were working in a textile