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Carpet. Wool. Pile-weave. Iravan group. Chambarak (Girmizikend), Goyche, western Azerbaijan. 245x110. 1315 AH/1894 CE.
The date 1315 AH appears below the red medallion at the top of the carpet. Two dark red and one brick red background medallion is
depicted on the carpet’s light blue and blue background middle field. A light blue background rectangular element with hooked edges
is designed in the center of the medallions. Among these elements, a t-shaped element occurs on both sides. On the middle fields at
the top and bottom of the red background central medallion, white rectangular gyols (medallion) appear. A rectangular element with
goshabuynuz (double-horned) on the inside appears on the blue background inside the gyols. On the right and left of this element, a
pair of goshabuynuz motifs occurs. The edges of the white background gyols are decorated with red and green zigzags. The zigzags are
completed with white and red sichandishi (mouse teeth). The empty spaces of the carpet’s middle field are decorated with octagonal
stars, four-petal flowers, rhomboid, and x-shaped elements. Stylized four-legged imaginary birds and animal images are depicted on
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