Caucasian Carpet Motifs

Caucasian rugs are primarily produced as village productions rather than city pieces.

Caucasian carpet motifs.

Cloud bands like flowers are usually curvilinear in persian and indian carpets while they are geometricized in caucasian rugs. There are countless border motifs out there in that jungle that is the world of oriental carpets and many of them have multiple interpretations and. After some searching i discovered that the carpet motif that had revealed my lack of erudition represented neither a cockroach nor a dragon but the scarab beetle a common motif in caucasian and persian tribal rugs especially qashqai rugs. Caucasian rugs are probably the most widely collected type of antique rugs.

Made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces the rugs of the caucasus normally display bold geometric designs in primary colours. Rugs and carpets period. Another reason why the italian market is so strong is the fact that most of the rooms as considerably smaller than those in the usa since the. Late 19th century technique.

Below is an amulet motif seen in a caucasian kazak prayer rug. Pictured below is a cloud band in a chonderesk carpet. West asia caucasus northeast caucasus shirvan item type. The strongest market for caucasian rugs has to be italy who appreciates these rugs for their tribal and primitive designs.

Fence of security the innermost and outermost borders of antique caucasian rugs often feature a reciprocal crenellated fence motif. If you read my first tentative post about carpet motifs you may remember that i promised a follow up dedicated exclusively to border motifs my attempt at compiling a comprehensive glossary of border motifs however very quickly ran into a wall. Styles typical to the caucasus region are daghestan shirvan gendje rugs kazakh and quba rugs. These age old symbols were considered sacred.

Several carpet styles from contemporary northwestern iran also. 45 v x 39 h 1 755 dm2 condition. Cloud bands are one of my favorite types of motifs found in rugs specifically caucasian carpets. Soft wool cotton weft wool warp and natural dyes are featured.