Стр. 80 - Azərbaycan xalçaları

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Carpet. Wool. Pile-weave. Iravan group. Ashtarak, western Azerbaijan. 282x142. 1240 AH/1819 CE.
The date 1240 AH appears at the top of the carpet to the right of the middle field near the corner.
In the middle field of the navy blue background carpet there is a large medallion in a red setting. Hooks sur-
round the medallion on all sides and the edges of the hooks are patterned with white sichandishi (mouse teeth).
A rhombus medallion designed with green, white, yellow, orange, and navy blue is found inside the medallion.
The rhombus element is surrounded with yellow su (water) and hooks. Small medallions of the same pattern are
depicted in the empty spaces of the middle field and in the upper and lower parts of the medallion. Dordunsur
(four elements), hooked, s-shaped, rectangular, rhomboid, and netlike elements decorate the empty parts of the
other spaces. One stylized bird appears in the upper part of the middle field on the right and several red and
yellow stylized bird images are aligned horizontally, slightly below the center.