Why So Named.—After the district of Kuba, which lies southwest of Daghestan near the Caspian Sea, where they are made.
Knot.—Ghiordes. Number vertically ten to sixteen; number horizontally eight to fourteen; number to square inch eighty to two hundred twenty-four.
Warp.—Sometimes cotton, sometimes wool. They differ from the Daghestans in that the latter always have wool warp.
Woof.—Usually cotton. Occasionally wool.
Nap.—Short wool, closely clipped, seldom lustrous.
KABISTAN RUG
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Weave.—Closely woven, equal to the Daghestan in that respect.
Sides.—Nearly always overcast with cotton threads or selvaged with cotton. Some of the modern ones are finished with a cording.