. Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers. riental rugs. Yet they are exceedingly coarse in texture,and very loosely woven out of very coarse wool, that is left very longso that the surface of Kazak rugs might be described as shaggi/. Theextraordinary silkiness is due to the coarseness of the weave, and tothe length of the pile. Because of the loose texture, th
. Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers. riental rugs. Yet they are exceedingly coarse in texture,and very loosely woven out of very coarse wool, that is left very longso that the surface of Kazak rugs might be described as shaggi/. Theextraordinary silkiness is due to the coarseness of the weave, and tothe length of the pile. Because of the loose texture, the pile cannotstand up straight but leans far over, thus reflecting much of the lightas does satin, instead of swallowing it up as do rugs of closer weaveand finer texture. Coarseness marks the design as well as the rugs have bolder figures, and stronger colourings than otherCaucasians. While the motifs are similar, the scale of the design ismuch larger. Most Kazak rugs are nearly square in shape, and theycome in small and medium sizes only. The predominating coloursare red, ivory, blue and green, much richer in effect than the coloursof other Caucasian rugs. The name Kazak is the same as Cossack,and the rugs are made by Cossack tribes who live in Southern 191. Plate V—SHIRVAX RUG192 ?..??>.:? fr iSuX:iMJJ}^:<i^?: CAUCASIAN AND TURKISH RUGS Caucasia, in the district of Erivan near JNIoimt Ararat, wlicre Russia,Persia and Tin-key meet, and wliere Xoalis iVrk is said to liave landedthousands of years ago, and where the faithfid say it can still be seenby those who are sufficiently spiritually gifted. Guenje rugs (Plate III) take their name from the city of Ganja(now Klisabeth2)ol) ninety miles southeast of Tiflis, where they aremarketed. Guenjes resemble Kazaks in design, colour and texture,l)ut are usually thinner and coarser, and the colours are generallymuch inferior. For purposes of ready reference and quick identifica-tion, Guenjes might be described as po
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