Стр. 160 - Azərbaycan xalçaları

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Carpet. Wool. Pile-weave. Iravan group. Zangibasar, western Azerbaijan. 271x140. 1287 AH/1866 CE.
The date 1287 AH appears at the top of the carpet's middle field.
The middle field of the carpet is dark and light blue. Light blue is used in the center, dark blue in the lower part, and half-light and
half-dark blue in the upper section. The main decoration of the middle field represents fourteen whole and eight partial medallions
arranged symmetrically. The medallions are placed on a dark red, white, yellow, sumac, and black background. Classic elements are
designed on the medallions: sumac, white, green and black elements on the dark red background; red, black, and green on the white
background; green and red on the yellow background; yellow and brown on the green background; and white elements on the black
background. The edges of the medallions are surrounded with hooks, while octagonal star motifs are depicted in the center.
In the empty spaces of the carpet's middle field, octagonal stars, small eight-pointed elements, s-shaped, and rhombic elements are
depicted; on the right and left, t-shaped elements with stepped edges are used. There are stylized bird images on the right and left.