Avar rugs

Avar rugs are woven by an ethnic group Avar in Daghestan.  The traditional Avar design is a hooked diamond in light red on a indigo blue field.

Caucasian Avar 202 x 130 cm, late 19th century. Provenance Wormser Collection, Germany. (Austria Auction Company 30 March 2019)
Lot 4177, AN AVAR RUG, Caucasus size approximately 3ft. 3in. x 4ft. 5in. (Bonhams 20 October 2014)
Early Caucasian Avar rug. (Exhibitor Owen Parry at ARTS 2009)

Images in the Avar rug gallery are published with permission from auction houses, dealers, collectors or museums.