Oriental rugs, antique and modern . ots. Pile, wool of medium length. Border,three stripes. Sides, a double selvage of two or three cords, often at-tached to the sides in figure-eight fashion. Lower end, a narrow weband warp loops. Upper end, a web that is sometimes turned backand hemmed, and a warp fringe. Texture, moderately firm. Weaveat back is of slightly coarse grain. Usual length, four to nine width, one half to three quarters length. Genghas. — Over the land lying between lakes Gotcha, Van,and Urumiah, in Caucasia, Armenia, and Persia, tribes of mixedorigin wander back and f
Oriental rugs, antique and modern . ots. Pile, wool of medium length. Border,three stripes. Sides, a double selvage of two or three cords, often at-tached to the sides in figure-eight fashion. Lower end, a narrow weband warp loops. Upper end, a web that is sometimes turned backand hemmed, and a warp fringe. Texture, moderately firm. Weaveat back is of slightly coarse grain. Usual length, four to nine width, one half to three quarters length. Genghas. — Over the land lying between lakes Gotcha, Van,and Urumiah, in Caucasia, Armenia, and Persia, tribes of mixedorigin wander back and forth, but frequently gather at the yearlyfair of Elizabethpol. During the period when the Persian rule ex-tended over the country, it was the residence of a Khan and animportant centre of trade. As it was then known as Ganja or Gengha,the weavings of these nomads, which were marketed there, acquiredthat name. Naturally they are a heterogeneous lot containing ideas incor-porated from many sources; but they resemble the Kazaks more. Plate 52. Princess Bokhara Rug CAUCASIAN RUGS 225 than anything else, and are frequently mistaken for them. Yet someof the distinctions are very marked: they have a more oblong shape;the nap is shorter; and they are less stoutly woven. In the Kazaksa thread of weft, as a rule, crosses only twice between two rows ofknots, which are firmly pressed down; but in these rugs a thread ofweft crosses from four to eight times between two rows of knots,which are not firmly pressed down, so that the narrow filling of weftis sometimes even four times as wide as a row of knots and presentsa bead-like appearance. In the colour scheme of numerous pieces,which in many respects resembles that of Karabaghs, is often apreponderance of ivory white. There is no characteristic field may be covered with diagonal stripes as in some Shirvans;it may consist largely of lozenges fringed with latch-hooks and taran-tula devices; again, it may have some large central
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