The historic Khanate or administrative district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rugs that have a formality and stylistic complexity that is found in few rugs from the Caucasus. The depth of colors, the complexity of the composition and the phenomenal patterns featured in antique Shirvan rugs set them apart from those produced in other regions of the Caucasus.
Kanagkend rug are a subdivisions of Kuba rugs named for a town that is located within the Daghestan region of Caucasus not far from the Caspian Sea. Noted for their detailed and tightly woven design, Kuba rugs are prized as the finest of all Caucasian rugs.
The rug is a masterpiece with wonderful colors and will attract your attention and capture your imagination. The material are wool on wool foundation and the wool has natural dye. Kuba or Quba rugs and carpets are named for a town that is located within the Daghestan region of Caucasus not far from the Caspian Sea; therefore, making Kubas a sub-division of Caucasian carpets. Kuba is at once a city and an area that was formerly a Khanate of Azerbaijan.
The field woven in two rows of six polychrome latchhook medallions within an ivory linked crab border framed by reciprocal and barber-pole guard borders.
