Oriental Space Rugs

In the Treaty of Constantinople (1724) and the Treaty of Gulistan, 1813, the provinces have been lastly ceded to Russia. Russian rule was further extended to Baku, Genje, the Derbent khanate, and the area of Talish. In the nineteenth century the main weaving zone of the Caucasus was in the japanese Transcaucasus south of the mountains that bisect the region diagonally, in a region which at present includes Azerbaijan, Armenia, and elements of Georgia. With regard to vintage carpets and rugs, the weavers' id or ethnicity stays unknown. In this project, there was an emphasis on the ‘traditional’ and ‘authentic’ carpet, but this curiosity was primarily based not on the wishes of the Turkish women weaving the carpets but quite the German scholar and his perception of Turkish tradition.