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Guide To Caucasian Prayer Rugs: "Daghestan Prayer Rugs Prior to the coming of the Russians Daghestan was only the Mountainous area of what is now Daghestan and the flat area near the sea was Derbent. When the Russians set up their administrative districts they combined the two and called it Daghestan. I should have more Daghestan rugs and I might. The problem is that Daghestan prayer rugs can

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Tufenkian Carpets - Recent Editorials - Lexus Magazine: "November 1, 2003 Dream Weaver JAMES TUFENKIAN RESURRECTED THE HANDMADE ARMENIAN RUG TRADE, AND IN THE PROCESS BROUGHT HOPE TO A LAND OF MISFORTUNE. I haven’t had this much trouble with a knot since I took sailing at overnight camp. Hands blur on either side of me as women tie and cut richly dyed yarn with unimaginable speed and precision

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Notes on Paul Wolfowitz: "Under his leadership, the Policy Staff played a major role in reviewing war plans for the Gulf War, and developing and executing plans that successfully raised more than $50 billion in Allied financial support for the war and prevented Iraq from opening a second front with Israel. Other key initiatives included the development of the Regional Defense Strategy, the Base

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Guide To Gendge Rugs: "Gendge rugs and Kazak rugs are closely related. One important attribution is the wefts.First of all Gendge and Kazak rugs commonly have red wefts. They also have variation in the number of shots of wefts. Here we can see places where they used two shots and others where they used 4. Most Caucasian rugs have two shots of tan white or brown wefts. When you see red, more than

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Islamic art and Persian Miniature Paintings: "Visit More Oriental Rug Notes by Barry O'Connell The Plates of La Miniature En Orient This is a look at some fine works of Islamic art. Following my tastes it leans more towards sixteenth century Persian Miniature painting. The biggest problem with these is getting good pictures. So I hope you enjoy what I have found so far. Plate 42: The Sleep of

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Wasington Webb Limousine Service: "Specializing in Reagan National, Dulles and BWI Airport and the greater Baltimore Washington Area with Quality Limousine Service by Kevin. No one can get you into and out of Reagan National, Dulles and BWI faster. Call Kevin at 301-220-3294 or Mobile: 240-375-3395 "

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Azerbaijan:Links: "Welcome to Azerbaijan Country Profile Visitor's Notepad Cities & Sites Maps Geography"

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Caucasian rugs - selected Oriental rug articles: "Selected Oriental rug articles on world wide web Caucasian rugs Guide to Caucasian Rugs by Barry O'Connell Guides to Caucasian rugs and carpets at www.spongobongo.com Reader reviews Guide To Karabagh Rugs by Barry O'Connell Guide To Caucasian Karabagh Rugs. Reader reviews Guide to Baku Rugs by Barry O'Connell Guide to Baku Rugs. Reader reviews

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MUENCHEN TEXTILE ART Munich Textile Art will take place from March 4th to 7th 2004. The exhibition includes antique rugs, flatweaves, tapestries and textiles from reputable exhibitors. The exhibitors includes Galerie Frauenknecht, Galerie Arabesque, Ex Oriente, Adil Bisim - to mention a few of the announced exhibitors. There will be more than 20 exhibitors this year. Bertram Frauenknecht

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Lori Pambak Rug: "Lori Pambak Kazak Rug, A Lori Pambak Kazak Rug, Southwest Caucasus, first quarter 20th Century. Approximately 8 ft. 6 in. by 6 ft. (2.59 m. by 1.83 m.) Warp: Wool, Z3S, ivory Weft: Wool, 2Z, 3-4 shoots, red Pile: Wool, symmetrical knot Density: 8-9 horizontal, 8-9 vertical Sides: Wool, 1 cord of 2 warps, overcast red Ends: 3/4 in. red kilim, warp fringe Colors: Cranberry,

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Guide to Lori Pambak Kazaks: " Type A Lori Pambak Kazak RugLori or Lori Pambak is a mountainous region of Armenia that borders upon Georgia. It has a population of 400,000 and is 97% Armenian. Lori - the third biggest region in Armenia. " Lor Pambak was part of Bordjalu then Georgia and not part of the Persian Khanate of Erivan.

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A Guide To Pin-wheel Kazaks: "I believe that the village of Kuttar in the Borchalo district is Kurtlyar in the district of Marneuli in Kvemo Kartli, Georgia. I am not suggesting that all pinwheel Kazaks came from Kurtlyar but I think we can attribute the type to that area of the southern end of the Marneuli district" height="360">

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Rudnick Kazak Rug Through The Collector's Eye Plate 20: "This splendid Kazak belongs to a select sub-group of 19th century rugs featuring distinctive ivory stepped reserves enclosing charming animals and birds, supported by two rows of polychrome Memling guls. Other examples include one previously in the Yohe Collection, see: Sotheby's, New York, 7 April 1999, lot 143; Herrmann, Eberhart, Seltene

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Guide to Bolnisi Bordjalou rugs: "So then how do we get to a Bolnisi attribution? First of all let us divide Bordjalu Kazaks into three groups. This group which I have refered to as Type A, Type B which is anchored by Plate 53 in Wright, Richard. Wertime, John. Caucasian Carpets and Covers. Then Type C which includes the Pin-wheel Kazaks aned the Chobanker group. "

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Unusual white ground star pattern Shirvan Kelim Azeri Type: "Unusual white ground star pattern Shirvan Kelim Azeri Type Shirvan Kelim Auction: 218 KatNr.: 604 Shirvan Kelim. Around 1900. 342 x 220cm. Unusualwhite ground interlocking star pattern. Note the very rare jagged tooth side borders.

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Guide to Fachralo Kazak Rugs: "Guide to Fachralo Kazak Rugs Fakhraly is due west of Kazak just over the Armenian border. There is some question as to whether Fachralo rugs belong in the Kazak group or the Gendge group. This is confused further by two towns named Fachraly. One west of Kazak and one east of Gendge. It is a guess but based on comparative analysis of the rugs themselves I am

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Caucasian Rugs & Carpets: "Guide to Kazak Rugs Guide to Akstafa Rugs Guide to Fachralo Kazak Rugs A Guide To Pin-wheel Kazaks"

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Persian Rugs - Information on Persian rugs and carpets: "Information on Persian rugs and carpets on www JOZAN MAGAZINE: Jozan Magazine includes a large educational rug photo gallery with several hundreds photos of Persian rugs. Visit Educational Persian Gallery. ORIENTAL RUG NOTES: Barry O'Connell's Oriental Rug Notes includes several rug guides on Persian rugs. Visit Guide to the Persian Carpet

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The Persian Carpet: "The Persian Carpet The Persian Carpet Blog. My casual look at Persian Rugs and Carpets"

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Guide to Kazak Rugs: "Guide To Kazak Rugs" Kazak rug is a misnomer. After all this time it now appears that I have to reassess all Kazak rugs. The weight of overwhelming historical evidence indicates that Kazak rugs were woven by Armenians from the commercial period onwards. If the Kazak rug has red wefts and is post 1830 then Armenian is the only reasonable attribution.

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Caucasian Oriental Carpet and Tribal Rug Gallery, rugs & carpets The photo-gallery with more than 1400 Persian, Anatolian, Caucasian, Turkmen and Balouch rugs is a major part of the English version of the magazine. Most of the images are published with permission from friendly dealers, auction houses, collectors and museums. Images without statement of copyright or the statement �S�nderholm

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Oriental Rugs: Practical Seminar on Caucasian Rugs A Practical Seminar on Caucasian Rugs By James M. Keshishian A.S.A. Senior - Oriental Rugs

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Richard E. Wright Research Reports: Table of Contents The old Research Report had a fairly long run, ten years, written, printed, stuffed, and mailed. Subscribers — to put it gently — were never numerous. Today's technology makes such an undertaking so easy. Thus this web site, which does and does not contain certain things, as follows: — Caucasia materials subsequently became part of

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Kazak Rugs: "Kazak Rugs The Kazak Rugs Blog" Visit my new Blog on Kazak Rugs. Best wishes, Barry

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The James C. Allen Gendge Long Rug: "Gendge rugs can be as good as the best Caucasian rugs or as bad as the worst. This rug has meticulous detail and magnificent color. One of the best I have seen. "

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Rug News - Oriental rug events, articles and links: "RugNews.Net Oriental rug events, articles and links "

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The Mehra Zakatala Long Rug: "My old friend Danny Mehra recently collected this magnificent piece at auction. This is an odd piece in some ways. At first glance I wondered if the main border and the outer guard border were missing nut this rug is intact with the selvages and the ends. If it is not reduced then it must be old. The rug measures 3' 7' x 7' 11' which gives it a length to width of

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Rare Khamseh Shahsevan Sumak Bag Face: "As soon as I saw this piece I was struck by the unusual design. Both the field devices and the main border are new to me. The only thing familiar to me is the repeating diamond minor border. When I spoke with John about this piece he mentioned that there are related examples in Parviz Tanavoli's Shahsavan Iranian Rugs and Textiles 1985 but that they are not

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Caucasian Karabagh rugs and carpets, rug photos and carpet information: "Karabagh" Jozan is an excellent resource for Caucasian rugs. Visit the Karabagh section. Best wishes, Barry www.spongobongo.com

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Prototypical Dragon Carpet: "I have come to the conclusion that there should be carpets dating to around 1600 that are related to the Persian type while beginning to show those signs of degenerative design divergence. There is a dated carpet in the Textile Museum that fits my profile for this early transitional phase Dragon Carpet. The carpet Textile Museum R.36.1.4 is dated November 15, 1592.

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A 19th c. Seljuk Rosette Kazak rug The secondary design elements in the field on this rug always remind me of an alligator mouth. Barry www.spongobongo.com

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Tschebull Antique Carpets-Publications by R. Tschebull: "Tschebull Antique Carpets Publications by Raoul Tschebull Hali 1.3, 1978, The Development of Four Kazak Designs (Please note that this oft-cited article is edited to eliminate the original picture references and content remains basically unchanged. Although more than twenty years old, the article is not as dated as I first feared it

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Caucasian Seichur rugs and carpets, Seychour rug photos and carpet information: "Jozan.net Seichur "

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Travel Top100 - ARMENIA tourism: "ARMENIA Top100"

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Tschebull Antique Carpets-Publications by R. Tschebull: "Hali 1.3, 1978, The Development of Four Kazak Designs (Please note that this oft-cited article is edited to eliminate the original picture references and content remains basically unchanged. Although more than twenty years old, the article is not as dated as I first feared it was.) RET"

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The 3rd International Symposium of Azerbaijani Carpets: "The 3rd International Symposium of Azerbaijani Carpets Photos and article by Mike Tschebull The 3rd International Symposium of Azerbaijani Carpets and Applied Art took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from May 19 through May 21, 2003. Some 33 speakers made presentations, most from Azerbaijan and Turkey, but also from Estonia, Bashkirastan, Iran,

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Notes on Jon Thompson

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Guide to Karagashli Carpets The more I look the more Karagashli carpets seem to fall into the Azeri group.

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Sotheby's Mughal pashmina millefleur prayer rug late 18th C. Lot 84: "Previously unpublished, this rug is the tenth known Mughal pashmina prayer rug of millefleurs design. Please refer to Eberhart Herrmann, Seltene Orientteppiche, IX, Munich, 1987, p. 8 for a listing of the rugs and their publications. Finely woven and employing luxuriously soft pashmina wool in an extremely intricate design,

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Sotheby's Baku Chila Carpet 19th C. 1880 Lot 11 I spotted this in the September 19th 2003 Sale at Sotheby's New York.

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cloudband - dedicated to rugs, carpets, textiles, Asian art and tribal art.: "ITEMS FOR SALE New Items(17) All Gold Featured Items(8) All Items(901) Cloudband breaks 900 items!

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Guide to Akstafa Rugs: "Guide to Akstafa Rugs" What do I do when everyone disagrees with me? Obviously I write it up in one of my guides and wait for everyone to catch up. No one agrees with me that I know of on Akstafa rugs so feel free to let me know what you think.

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Bonhams & Butterfields - Areas of Collecting - Rugs & Carpets - Introduction Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets Auction Auction Date: September 16, 2003 in Los Angeles Simulcast in San Francisco Preview Date: San Francisco Sept 5-7, 10am - 5pm PT Los Angeles, Sept 12-14, 10am - 5pm PT Our fall 2003 Fine Oriental Rug sale features a fantastic variety

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A Shirvan Prayer Rug circa 1890 I liked the hands in the Mihrab in this rug. It adds to the overall look.

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WebAbacus: Online behaviour in focus - WebAbacus client-side data collection: "With the latest 1.5 release of the WebAbacus tag code, you can now gather an even fuller range of information about your site visitors and their behaviour. Like the rest of WebAbacus, our client-side data collection architecture puts you in control, allowing you to determine how you capture and process the data

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Traditional Dagestani Dress The clothes in the pictures are interesting but look at the mountains. In the Caucasus people move along the valleys since 100 miles down the valley may be easier to get to than 20 miles over the ridge. In the Southern Caucasus Kazak was the market center at the mouth of a very long valley. Kazak rugs came from more than just the immediate Kazak area.

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Thompson Caucasian Dragon Carpet Fragment: "Please note the Dragon Carpet packing weft lines in the picture" An important clue for attribution. Packing wefts.

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Guide To Karabagh Rugs: "Guide To Karabagh Rugs" I need to rewrite this section soon. Any thoughts are welcome.

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Hello, This is my spot to post some thoughts and links on Caucasian Rugs. Best wishes, Barry

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