Traditional Moldovan carpet - "Tree of Life"

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Late 19th century. Wool warp and weft.

The village of Old Radenii Vechi.

Wool warp and weft.

Woven on a vertical loom, smooth, double-sided.

252 x137 cm

"Traditional Fabrics" Collection, Ungheni Museum of History and Ethnography.

Carpet with a closed ornamental composition, delimited by a double ornament on the longitudinal edges and lines on the latitudinal ones. On the central field are represented phytomorphic and zoomorphic motifs: "The Tree of Life" and "The Wolf-Dog", organized in a repetitive hexagonal composition, with stylized chromatic alternations. In the center of each ornamental unit is the symbol of the "Cross", suggesting the connection between life, protection and sacredness.

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