The following are a few examples of the art of carpet weaving by Armenians.

Karabagh Rug, The Gohar Carpet
Karabagh Rug
Karabagh Rug, Sunburst Design
Kazak Rug, Sevan Kazak Design
Kazak Rug

KARABAGH RUG, SUNBURST DESIGN
Caucasian, second half of the 19th century

Although the inscription is vague, it does serve to confirm the attribution of this rug to Armenian workmanship. The white-field bands flanking the central medallion are traceable to a series of large eighteenth-century rugs with sunburst and enlarged palmette figures. By the late nineteenth century, it is common to see only repeated sunburst medallions. It is instructive to compare the differences in color and subsidiary detail between this medallion and the example from the Virginia Muesum dated 1850.