Azerbaijan warpface jajim (177 x 149cm)

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The original purpose of this Azerbaijan Shahsavan warpface jajim would have been that of a coverlet. This fine wool warpface is made up of several strips. The original weave being that of a long strip cut into parts and fashioned into the square we now see. This is not an adaptation but a deliberate predetermined method of construction. The term Jajim could be freely translated into English as picnic cloth.

Some areas have been pierced although not opened as holes

• circa 1900

Ref. 15562