Стр. 149 - Azərbaycan xalçaları

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White and navy blue as well as brick and white snake-like motifs appear at the top, bottom, right, and left of the medallions and
enliven the composition of the middle field. The empty spaces of the middle field are filled with classic elements with stepped
edges, four- and eight-petal flowers, buta (almond-shaped), and s-shaped motifs.
The main white background border of the carpet is designed with bird-like stretched buta motifs. The border elements are
illustrated in dark red, navy blue, light blue, pink, dark and light brown, dark and light green, brick, and orange.
On both sides, the main border is surrounded with guard stripes that have depictions of buta pairs on the inside facing the
opposite sides of the wavy branches. The internal border has a brick-colored setting and the outside border has a light blue
background. The light blue background border is designed with green and red on the inside and white and red on the outside;
the brick-colored background border is designed using light blue and red square patterns on the outside and white and red
sichandishi (mouse teeth) on the inside. Inside the outer border at the bottom of the carpet, red and pink four-petal flower and
white and red baklava-like patterns are depicted.
Black su decorates the edges of the butas designed in the internal guard stripes and red su completes the edges of the butas in
the light blue background guard stripe. From the right and left, the edges of the carpet are designed with a braiding method using
yellow, brick, orange, and red yarn. The carpet has a complex compositional structure and a rich color design.