Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 358
all other rugs and place them in aclass by themselves; but even apart from these characteristics, theyare as distinct a type as any in Caucasia. On the fields of most ofthem are three or four diamond-shaped medallions, that occupynearly the full width of the field and extend from one end to the… … Plate 49. Karabagh Prayer Rug CAUCASIAN RUGS 215 that once the crosses had a religious significance, as it is claimedthat the earlier weavers of this type were a Christian sect; butthe present weavers are mostly Mohammedans. At the centre ofthe medallions and in the triangular spaces at the sides…
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