A subtype of the
Kuba rug, antique Seychour (also known as Seichur and Zeychour) rugs are made in the small town of
Yukhari-Zeykhur in
Azerbaijan
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in the Northeast
Caucasus
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. Prized for the detailed precision of their drawing and design as well as for their saturated colors, antique Seychour
rugs
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* Ghent University (''Rijksunversiteit Gent'', or RUG)
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popularly display designs such as cabbage rose and the Seychour cross. Differing from other Caucasian rugs, antique Seychour rugs do not share the same symmetry in their borders; they do however, share a similar
flat-woven structure. In these particular rugs, one half of the knot is hidden.
References
*Neff, Ivan C. and Carol V. Maggs. Dictionary of Oriental Rugs. London: AD. Donker LTD, 1977.
*Gans-Ruedin, E. Caucasian Carpets. New York: Rizzoli, 1986.
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Rugs and carpets