The field guide · Where it was woven
Kuba (Caucasian)
Caucasian rugs are woven in the Caucasus, north of Iran, and are not Persian. Kuba (Quba) in north-east Azerbaijan was a major production area in the late nineteenth century, and like all Caucasian rugs its pile rugs are symmetrically knotted, usually on a wool foundation.
Also Caucasus · Quba
See also Karabagh (Caucasian)
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