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The date 1326 AH appears at the top of
the carpet’s middle field on the left side.
This original carpet was woven on the basis
of Gazakh’s “Gaymagli” composition. The
name of the carpet is related to the Gaymagli
village situated 32 kilometers northwest of
Gazakh. Some weavers call this carpet “Lem-
beli.” The “Gaymagli” carpet is counted as
part of the simple composition carpet group.
The “Gaymagli” carpets woven at the begin-
ning of the 19th century are different from
the carpets, which use the same composi-
tion, woven recently due to their composi-
tional structure and color design. The carpets
of this composition have lost some of their
artistic features due to mass production. A
dark red, large octagonal gyol (medallion)
is depicted in the middle field of the carpet.
There are hexagonal elements designed in
yellow, navy blue, red, and green inside the
gyol, slightly above the center. On the left
of this element there are two green flower
images and on the right there are two blue
flower images. The edges of the gyol are de-
signed with black su (water) while in the cor-
ners there are barely-noticeable red sichandi-
shi (mouse teeth). The corners of the middle
field are designed in light blue. The ebresh
(dapple-grey) is clearly visible on a light blue
background. The edges of the middle field
are surrounded with light blue and red zig-
zags. The middle field is enclosed with a dark
green background border. Inside this green
background border, there are small hexago-
nal motifs designed with white, red, yellow,
navy blue, light blue, green, and black. These
motifs are divided into quarters by black su.
There are leaf and flower images on the black
branches along the middle red background
border of the carpet. Rectangular geometric
motifs and hexagonal yellow, light blue, navy
blue, green, and white elements are depicted
between the branches. The rectangular mo-
tifs on the branches are designed with navy
blue, black, light blue, brown, green, and red.
Navy blue background borders surround a
red background middle border. Cream, yel-
low, red, light blue, green, and white flow-
ers are depicted inside these borders. The
navy blue background outer border is sur-
rounded with red and white sichandishi and
the internal border is enclosed with yellow
and red sichandishi on the outside and red
and yellow on the inside. The sichandishi are
designed with su on both sides. The “Gay-
magli” carpets usually have standard sizes.
Usually these carpets measure between 6-7
square meters. In rare cases it is possible to
encounter large khalis woven based on the
same composition. From 70,000-90,000 knots
are woven in each square meter of a “Gay-
magli” carpet; the pile of these carpets is 8-12
millimeters. This carpet has a unique color
design. Most of the colors used on Azerbai-
jani carpets are represented on this carpet.