Oriental rugs, antique and modern . eople would have a striking in-dividuality of their own; but they are little known as a distinctclass. In fact, they bear such a resemblance to the Kazaks thatthey are constantly mistaken for them; though as a rule they havea more oblong shape and somewhat shorter nap; they are less stoutlywoven, less barbaric, and contain fewer crude, nomadic , as this district was producing rugs before the Cossackshad settled permanently in Southern Caucasia, it is not improbablethat some of its patterns were copied by them. A peculiarity of this class is t
Oriental rugs, antique and modern . eople would have a striking in-dividuality of their own; but they are little known as a distinctclass. In fact, they bear such a resemblance to the Kazaks thatthey are constantly mistaken for them; though as a rule they havea more oblong shape and somewhat shorter nap; they are less stoutlywoven, less barbaric, and contain fewer crude, nomadic , as this district was producing rugs before the Cossackshad settled permanently in Southern Caucasia, it is not improbablethat some of its patterns were copied by them. A peculiarity of this class is the drawing of the pear designs,which are found in a very large number of the rugs. The extensionof the narrower end, instead of being a short, curved hook, is gener-ally more developed, so that it may be as long as the major axisof the pear and frequently stands almost at right angles to it. Alsoattached to the sides of the pear are rectangular bead-like processes(Plate O, Fig. 6c, Page 291). In many of these rugs, the field is di-. Plate 50. Gengha Rug CAUCASIAN RUGS 219 vided into a number of bands parallel with the sides; and throughthem run vines, from which the pears are suspended. Or the pearsmay be arranged in regular order on the field without the bands andvines. Sometimes the field is reduced to a very small space by abroad border consisting of a number of stripes, some of which areoften of striking patterns. One of them is represented in Plate I,Fig. 15 (opp. Page 226), which suggests the grape vine common tothe gardens of Kutais. Some form of the tree of life and floral formsare also seen in old pieces. A resemblance exists between the weave of Kutais and Tiflis rugs, asin each the weft usually crosses several times; it is generally colouredblue or red, and is formed of fine threads of yarn. The wool of thenap is of the same fine quality; but the warp of the Kutais rugs,which is almost invariably of wool, frequently consists of a brownand white thread twisted togethe
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