Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. Central Asian
7. Caucasian (culture or style)
8. Caucasian textile styles
9. East Caucasian textile styles
10. Shirvan

Anotations

Scope note:

Style of textiles, particularly rugs, characterized by a higher pile than other Shirvan rugs. They are flat and tightly woven with a red ground color and the central field dominated by three large hooked octagons, the middle one of which is almost invariably white.