Sizes.—Seldom square, mostly runners three to five by four to nineteen feet.
Prices.—The lowest priced Caucasian rug as a rule. From $0.50 to $2.00 per square foot.
Remarks.—Durable. Often sold as Karabaghs.
THE EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED
Knot: Ghiordes. Nine to the inch vertically and seven horizontally, making sixty-three to the square inch.
This is a very old piece. Note that the outer border appears in the ends and is lacking on the sides, having been cut off on account of its worn-out condition.
The field is covered with the pear design in alternating rows of light and dark colors upon a rich red ground. The inner border carries the Greek meander in red and white upon a blue ground, while the main stripe is filled with the octagon and the eight-pointed star of the Medes in different colors upon a white ground. The third border, which remains on the ends only, carries the Greek meander in blue and white upon a red ground. Both warp and woof are of wool.
KARABAGH
Synonym.—Carabagh.
Why So Named.—After Karabagh, the name of a province in Transcaucasia just across the Persian border north of Tabriz, where they are made.
Knot.—Ghiordes. Number vertically six to twelve; number horizontally five to ten; number to square inch thirty to one hundred twenty.
Warp.—Coarse white or brown wool.