Designs.—Similar to those of the Gorevan, but there are usually more floral elements added to the ground. Frequent inscriptions.
Sizes.—Eight to fifteen by ten to twenty-five. Very few runners and seldom smaller than carpet sizes.
Prices.—$1.50 to $4.00 per square foot.
Remarks.—The best grade of the Herez products. Usually of a finer weave and with more detail in design than the Gorevan.
THE EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED
It is rather difficult to distinguish between the Serapi and the Gorevan. The principal difference is one of quality, although the former usually has more detail in design and usually more floral elements added to the ground.
This carpet presents a peculiar medallion with four pear-shaped offshoots upon a light ground which is strewn with many rectilineal flowers and leaves. Like nearly all of the Herez products it has three border stripes, one wide one with a narrow one on each side. The former carries the tortoise border design with an arrangement similar to the Herati border design and the latter small flowers in profile alternating with buds.
KARA DAGH
Why So Named.—The words "Kara Dagh" mean Black Mountains, the name of a range in the northern part of the Azerbijan province, where they are woven by shepherd tribes of the most bigoted Shiah sect.
Knot.—Ghiordes. Number vertically eight to fourteen; number horizontally eight to eleven; number to square inch sixty-four to one hundred fifty-four.