A NEW LOOK AT SOME ANCIENT CARPET FRAGMENTS

Figure Captions

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fig.24 Detail Talish rug; “Caucasian Rugs”, Ulrich Schurmann; pg. 53

fig.25 Tripartite design from the border of Plate Four

fig.25a Mirror-imaged of tripartite border design from Plate Four

fig.25b Main border of an early soumak saddle-bag most probably made in the southern Caucasus; courtesy Weaving Art Museum

fig.26 Detail fantastic animal from the medallion of a soumak saddlebag most probably made in the southern Caucasus; courtesy Weaving Art Museum

fig.27 Carpet fragment from the Ala al-din Mosque; “Historical Turkish Carpets”; Serare Yetkin, Color Plate 7

fig.28 Detail of a carpet from the Ala al-din Mosque; “Seven Hundred Years of Oriental Carpets” Kurt Erdmann; pg. 42 number 26