The reciprocal sawtooth and the running latch-hook patterns (Plate [K], Figs. 19 and 20) belong to the less important stripes of not only Caucasian but a number of Persian rugs. The former pattern appears constantly on the monuments of ancient Susa, and doubtless had once some symbolic meaning. The latter is seen in the corners of the Dragon and Phœnix carpet (Plate [20], opp. Page 88) which was woven about 1350 a. d.
TECHNICALITIES IN THE WEAVE OF CAUCASIAN RUGS
Legend:
KNOT—
H = Horizontally
P = Perpendicularly
WARP—
g = goat’s hair
e = each equally prominent
d = 1 to the knot depressed
h = 1 to the knot doubled under
WEFT—
No. = No. times crossing bet. two round knots
SIDES—
O = overcast
S = selvage
LOWER END
W = web
S = Selvage
K = Rows knots
L = warp loops
F = fringe
UPPER END
W = web
S = selvage
K = Rows knots
T = turned back and hemmed
F = fringe
| CAUCASIAN | KNOT | WARP | ||||||||
| G = Ghiordes | S = Sehna | Number to Inches | w= wool | c= cotton | s/l | At back | ||||
| H | P | e | d | h | ||||||
| Baku Chichi Daghestan Derbend Gengha Kabistan Karabagh Kasak Kuba Kutais Lesghian Shemakha Shirvan Shousha Soumak Tcherkess Tiflis | G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G | 6-9 7-10 7-10 5-9 6-8 7-12 6-10 6-9 6-9 5-9 6-9 7-11 7-12 7-12 8-14 6-9 6-10 | 7-11 8-12 8-15 6-12 6-9 8-16 7-10 7-10 7-13 7-12 6-11 7-13 8-12 6-11 6-16 7-10 6-10 | w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w | [c] [c] [c] | [g] | e e e e e e e e e [e] e e e e | [d] d d d d [d] | [h] h | |
| CAUCASIAN | WEFT | SIDES | LOWER END | ||||||
| w = wool | c = cotton | No. | O | S | W/S | K | L | F | |
| Baku Chichi Daghestan Derbend Gengha Kabistan Karabagh Kasak Kuba Kutals Lesghian Shemakha Shirvan Shousha Soumak Tcherkess Tiflis | w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w | [c] c [c] | 2 2 2 2/[1] 2-4/[6-8] [2]/[3] 2 2/[3-4] 2 3/[1-5] 2 2 2 2 2 2/[4-6] 3-5 | O O [O] [O] O [O] O O [O] [O] O | S [S] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S | W W W W W W/[S] W/[S] W/[S] W W W W/S W W W/S W/S W | K K K [K] [K] [K] K K K K | L L L L L | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F |
| CAUCASIAN | UPPER END | NAP | WEAVE | TEXTURE | |||
| W/S | K | T | F | l = long m = medium s = short | f = fine m = medium c = coarse | l = loose m = medium f = firm | |
| Baku Chichi Daghestan Derbend Gengha Kabistan Karabagh Kasak Kuba Kutals Lesghian Shemakha Shirvan Shousha Soumak Tcherkess Tiflis | W W W W W/[S] W/[S] W/[S] W/[S] W/[S] W W W/S W W W/S W/S W | K K K [K] [K] [K] [K] K K K K | T [T] | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F | s m/s s m m m m l m m m m m/s m m m | m m f m c m c c m m/c c m/f m/c m/c m m m/f | m/f m m/f m/l l m/f l f m/l m/f f m/f m/l m/f m f f |
[] indicates the less frequent condition.