Baku area rugs - classification

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Baku area rugs including Chila, Surahani, and Saliani

Most rugs from the Baku area are decorated with enlarged Afshan (an arrangement with parallel rows of rosettes and branching Palmettes) or Kharshang (a complex arrangement with rows of Palmettes, diagonal rhomboidal flowers with squared stalks and a round flower resembling a toothed wheel) motifs. Typical colors are muted blues and ivory. Hila rugs, with central medallions and dense rows of Boteh, also come from this area.

Caucasian area rugs:

Most Caucasian rugs in existence today date from the second half of the 19th century. These rugs tend toward the abstract and geometric. Knotting is symmetrical with a medium density of knots. Among the best known production areas and most popular types are the following, Baku, Daghestan, Gendje, Karabagh, Kazak, Shirvan, and Talish.

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