Стр. 229 - Azərbaycan xalçaları

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The composition of this carpet contains a mid-
dle field, a main border, and two guard stripes.
The date 1317 AH appears in the lower section of
the middle field on the left. A large navy blue gyol
(medallion) occurs on the rosy red background
middle field. To the right and left of the gyol,
four geometrical bulges occur. The edges of the
gyol are surrounded with red zigzag madakhils
on the inside and green madakhils on the out-
side. The green madakhils contain flower images
depicted in light blue, red, yellow, and white.
Tree and octagonal star motifs are depicted verti-
cally inside the gyol along the carpet. The bulged
areas of the gyol are adorned with octagonal star
motifs. Among the floral patterns of Azerbaijan,
tree images, designed mostly in small sizes and
occasionally in larger sizes, are widespread on
carpets and carpet products and in different ar-
eas of decorative-applied art. These depictions
taken from Azerbaijan’s rich natural landscape
(leaves, branches, flowers, trees, boughs, and
so on) explain that people live in close connec-
tion with the soil and nature. In most cases, tree
images are depicted in large fields, although in
some cases they are used as filler elements. Tree
motifs depicted on decorative-applied art sam-
ples of Azerbaijan are included in both floral and
decorative emblem samples. Tree motifs have be-
come sacred as symbols of richness, abundance,
spring, and vitality among people since ancient
times and have been depicted in art in different
forms throughout time. Worshipping tree pirs
(sacred place) in most districts of Azerbaijan is
evidence that its ancient emblematic symbol-
ism has not been lost. Octagonal motifs depicted
on the edges inside the gyol and on the empty
spaces of the carpet’s middle field are clearly no-
ticeable. Research conducted in the field of car-
pet patterns of Azerbaijan show that many geo-
metric forms (plain, wavy, incomplete, triangle,
rectangle, circle, three-, four-, five-, six-, eight-,
and twelve-pointed stars and so on) have devel-
oped beginning in ancient times, have obtained
traditional forms, have not lost their meanings,
and have been depicted (and remain so today)
on carpets and in all areas of decorative-applied
art. In the corners of the lower part of the carpet’s
middle field, motifs called golichi with arrow-
shaped edges are depicted. Navy blue and green
dordunsur (four elements) are placed in the cen-
ter of this motif. Navy blue and green colors are
separated from each other with incomplete red
lines and are completed with sichandishi (mouse
teeth) with white and red edges. The navy blue
background main border is decorated with red
wavy zigzag lines. The empty spaces between
the wavy lines are filled with red, green, white,
and light blue motifs called chapar (runner) that
are reminiscent of rehil (for reading books). The
main border is surrounded with green back-
ground guard stripes on the inside and light blue
guard stripes on the outside. The white back-
ground border is decorated with green, white,
navy blue, red, yellow, light and dark brown bu-
tas (almond-shaped). The borders are enclosed
with sichandishi. The colors of the carpet are de-
signed with a traditional consistency and profes-
sionalism, creating an eye-catching view.