The Caucasus — Karabagh & Kazak
Ivory-Ground Kazak Carpet with Latch-Hook Medallions
Caucasian Rugs · Representative imagery
A room-size Caucasian carpet whose ivory field is filled with rows of latch-hook diamond and star medallions in indigo, madder and gold, a layout favored in Kazak and Shirvan weaving. The repeating hooked devices serve as protective talismans, while the red main border carries large eight-pointed stars. Knotted in wool with the symmetric knot, the crisp high-contrast geometry is characteristic of the family. Presented as representative imagery rather than a specific rug.
The tradition
The Caucasus — Karabagh & Kazak
The mountains of the Caucasus produced rugs of unmistakable energy: high-contrast colour, large-scale geometric forms and an inventive, almost abstract sense of design. Kazak, Karabagh, Shirvan and Kuba are the classic names, each village reworking medallions and animals in its own idiom.
Caucasian rugs are smaller and bolder than Persian city carpets, and their dragon, eagle and tree forms have been abstracted by generations of weavers into pure, powerful pattern.
Motifs & meaning
Reading the design
Caucasian motifs are dramatic and protective, often descended from very old animal forms.
Dragon (ejder)
An ancient guardian of water and treasure, abstracted into the field.
Memling gül
A hooked octagonal medallion seen in early European paintings.
Latch-hook diamond
Hooks that catch and turn away the evil eye.
Running-dog border
A protective, continuous boundary.
Materials & technique
How it is made
Hand-knotted with the symmetric knot in bright, naturally dyed wool — a robust, medium pile that carries the bold Caucasian geometry.
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