The Caucasus Rugs

November 3, 2008 – 11:33 am

The dealer has a difficult task nowadays in buying Caucasian rugs from Russia. In order to obtain a few good old pieces, he has to take a substantial quantity of modern rugs. He can easily sell the old ones, but he cannot increase his prices on these sufficiently to be able to cover the cost [...]

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The Caucasus Prayer Rugs

November 3, 2008 – 11:03 am

Prayer rugs from this area the cross-roads of the world are easily identified, at least as far as the late eighteenth century and the nineteenth are concerned. Always geometrical, with no curves whatsoever, somewhat coarse in weave, and with all the little unexpected extras in their designs, such as combs, hands, etc., they cannot be [...]

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