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Caucasian carpets and rugs are primarily made in villages, rather than in cities. They are made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces, the rugs of the
*Sherrill, Sarah B."Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America."New York: Abbeville Press, 1996. *Black, David. "The Atlas of Rugs and Carpets."London:Tiger Books, 1996. *Ford, P.R.J. "Oriental Carpet Design."Thames and Hudson, London.1989. *Bennett, Ian. "Oriental Rugs, Volume 1 Caucasian", Antique Collectors Club 1981, *Yetkin, Serare. "Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey Volume I-II", Oguz Press 1978, Rugs and carpets Turkic rugs and carpets {{textile-arts-stub
Caucasian carpets and rugs are primarily made in villages, rather than in cities. They are made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces, the rugs of the Caucasus
The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically ...
normally display bold geometric
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designs in primary colors. Styles typical to the Caucasus region are Daghestan
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, Verne, Shirvan
Shirvan (from fa, شروان, translit=Shirvān; az, Şirvan; Tat: ''Şirvan''), also spelled as Sharvān, Shirwan, Shervan, Sherwan and Šervān, is a historical Iranian region in the eastern Caucasus, known by this name in both pre-Islam ...
, Ganja
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Etymology
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, Kazakh, Karabagh, and Quba rugs. Several carpet styles from contemporary northwestern Iran
Azerbaijan or Azarbaijan ( fa, آذربایجان, ''Āzarbāijān'' ; az-Arab, آذربایجان, ''Āzerbāyjān'' ), also known as Iranian Azerbaijan, is a historical region in northwestern Iran that borders Iraq, Turkey, the Nakhchivan ...
also fall largely into this bracket, such as the Ardabil rugs
Ardabil rugs originate from Ardabil located in the province of Ardabil Province in northwestern Iran, 639 kilometers from Tehran. Ardabil has a long and illustrious history of Persian carpet weaving.
The reign of the Safavid dynasty in the 16th ...
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References
Further reading
*Neff, Ivan C. and Carol V. Maggs. Dictionary of Oriental Rugs. London: AD. Donker LTD, 1977. *Gardiner, Roger F. “Spuhler Revisited: Further Thoughts on the West Berlin Rug Catalog.” November, 1988. *Dimand, M.S. "Two Fifteenth Century Hispano-Moresque Rugs." 196*Sherrill, Sarah B."Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America."New York: Abbeville Press, 1996. *Black, David. "The Atlas of Rugs and Carpets."London:Tiger Books, 1996. *Ford, P.R.J. "Oriental Carpet Design."Thames and Hudson, London.1989. *Bennett, Ian. "Oriental Rugs, Volume 1 Caucasian", Antique Collectors Club 1981, *Yetkin, Serare. "Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey Volume I-II", Oguz Press 1978, Rugs and carpets Turkic rugs and carpets {{textile-arts-stub