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	Areas for manufacturing Caucasian carpets.

The Caucasian carpets are from the areas south, east and north of the mountain chain of the Caucasus.

Carpets, made before 1925, can be divided into five groups namely; Kazak, Karabach, Sjirvan, Kuba and Dagestan carpets. The carpets from the Karabach area often have soft patterns and resemble Persian carpets. Outside these groupings there are also Gjandzja, Silé and Verni carpets.

The significance of these carpets are their geometrical patterns with an imaginative and plentiful way of expressions. Sometimes curvilinear animal and pattern figures occur.

Some examples of carpets with Caucasian patterns:


Kazak 257x195	Kazak 451x84	Kazak 190x127	Kazak 290x222


	The mosque in Baku, Azerbajdzan.

The older Caucasian carpets are made with handspun yarns of wool as well as the warp, weft and pile. The natural colours are both clear and strong. Good wool quality and Turkish knots make the carpets durable and they have a good reputation.

In newer carpets, made after 1925, the warp is of cotton, with syntethic colours that are bleached and fewer and simplified patterns are used. The carpets are fairly durable, but less interesting from an artistic point of view. The most common names on these carpets are Kazak, Derbent, Mikrach, Gendje, Erivan, Sjirvan and Akhty.

Today, newer carpets are produced in Pakistan with inspiration from the Caucasian carpets which are coloured with natural plant dyes. These carpets are durable and have a relative short pile and are sold under the name ?Kazak fine".

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A reproduction of a Kazak carpet.

The Kazak carpets fits in very nice in modern environments.

The stone-washed pile in the Kazak carpet has a special lustre.