A carpet collection entitled “Azerbaijani carpet - dance of loops”

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A new carpet collection entitled “Azerbaijani carpet - dance of loops” has been made with the support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. It took 8 years to prepare the collection.

 

Carpet types such as “Creation”, “Shikargah”, “Hunting khan”, “A Young and peace”, “Bandi-rumi”, “Shebekeli”, “Adam and Eve, “Aghajly”, “Narly“, “Gyollu”, “Lechek-turunj”, “Four seasons”, “Arched”, “Jamadet”, and carpet-gebe sets “Birds of paradise” and “the Garden of Eden” were included in the collection, breathing new life into the old art. Each of the carpets convey their messages to visitors by their patterns and motifs. And in the work “Creation”, all phases - from the preparation of raw material to the completion of a ready product - are reflected in a bright artistic language.

 

6 artists and 14 weavers, led by People’s Artist of Azerbaijan Eldar Mikayilzadeh, participated in the creation of the collection. Dyed by natural colours, the carpets were made of silk and wool. 170 colours and tinges were used here. In order to obtain various new tinges, weavers, disentangling hair-like thin silk threads, have created a thread comprised of several colours. Magnificent Sheki Khan’s Palace, the home of Shekikhanovs, lattices, natural ornaments, our rich flora and fauna, “Tekelduz” embroidery and delicate jewellery products have been an inexhaustible source of inspiration in the making of carpets, being eternally reflected in each loop of the carpets.

 

Detailed information about the carpets included in the collection “Azerbaijani carpet-dance of loops” is provided in the book of the same name.


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