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{{Author Name|Richard E. Wright. An earlier version of this article was originally published as Richard E. Wright. "CARPETS xv. Caucasian Carpets". Encyclopædia Iranica. V/1, pp. 1-5.}}

{{Author Name|Richard E. Wright. An earlier version of this article was originally published as Richard E. Wright. "CARPETS xv. Caucasian Carpets". Encyclopædia Iranica. V/1, pp. 1-5.}}

Carpets, (qālī; Ar. and Pers. farš), heavy textiles are used as coverings for floors, walls, and other large surfaces, as well as for various kinds of furnishing.

The oldest surviving rugs produced in the Caucasus may be a group with representations of dragons and phoenixes in combat, a motif that was possibly borrowed from the art of Il-khanid Persia<ref>Ettinghausen, p. 108 and fig. 1; cf. Dimand and Mailey, pp. 265-66 and figs. 227-28</ref>.

==xv. Caucasian Carpets==

==xv. Caucasian Carpets==