Gazakh
The Gazakh Carpet Weaving School includes localities of
the Gazakh region situated in the northwest part of Azerbaijan, as
well as Azerbaijan villages in Georgia (Borchali, Karayazi, Karachop,
and Gachagan) and in Armenia (Goycha, Bambak, Lambali, Ijevan,
Garagoyunlu, and the surroundings of Lake Goycha). The most famous
designs of the group are “Borchali”, “Shikhli”, “Gaimagli”, “Gachagan”,
“
Salakhli”, “Garayazi,” etc.
Patterns of the Gazakh carpets drew attention of the European
painters beginning from the Middle Ages. One of these carpets
was portrayed on the Carlo Crivelli’s 15th century painting “The
Annunciation.” Striking pieces of the Gazakh School of the 14th –
19
th centuries are stored in many museums of the world, including the
Museum of Victoria and Albert (London), the Metropolitan Museum of
Art (New York), the Museum of Turkic and Islamic Art (Istanbul), as well
as in private collections.