Kuba CHICHI rug, 19th century, 11'6" x 4'8" [m.3.55 x 1.44}
published at Luciano Coen & Louise Duncan's "The Oriental Rug"

Warp: wool
Weft: wool, two shoots after each row of knots
Knotting: Ghiordes, wool, 102 knots per square inch [1600 per dm.2]

Chichi rugs are easily spotted owing to several distinct characteristics. The outstanding border, a diagonal barber pole crossing a chain of rosettes, is almost always used, as are the hooked, stepped octagons that form the bottom row in this field (see Plate 66).

The designs are crowded on a black field in many colors - red, blue, white, yellow and  green, all  in  shades.