In the late 17th century. Turkish traveler Elviya Çelebi wrote that all Cherkestan covered graves representing a congestion of hillocks. In the late 19th century Professor Veselovsky explored these medieval monuments. Here he found silk imported fabrics, Venetian and Syrian glass and other imported items. The particular interest among funeral stock is represented by velvet fabrics with a gold ornament. But today these textiles have no unambiguous cultural attribution. In the Russian historiography there is an opinion that these fabrics were manufactured in the Crimea, in the city of Capha. The report examines two hypotheses linking findings of silk fabrics in the tombs of the North Caucasus this hypothetical center. The author comes to the conclusion that serious arguments for believing that Capha produced velvet fabric with gold wefts and boucle effect in pattern doesn't exist. Findings of these tissues in the monuments of the North Caucasus should be associated with Venice in the mid-15th century. This conclusion is based on an analysis technique, style of ornamentation and date obtained radiocarbon analysis examining velvet.