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The shedde-zili has a simple central field and rich border
structure. The main ornaments of the brick red central field
are various-sized, hook-like, rhomboidal, small steeped-edge
classic, s-shaped, “daraq” (comb) motifs, and stylized animal
depictions.
There is one hooked-edge and two rhomboidal medallions
in the upper part of the central field. Three rhomboidal me-
dallions with the same form but trimmed with different colors
are depicted from the top reaching down. Rhomboidal motifs
were used in zili weaved in Shusha, the “Jek” carpet belon-
ging to the Quba group, the “Fakhrali” of the Ganja group, the
“Gazakh” carpet belonging to the fifteenth century, and home
goods such as catchalls, saddlebags, camel chuls, and salt bags
made from carpet materials. This element, which is considered
exclusively a carpet ornament is found in the barrow in Gan-
jachay valley and on ceramic samples of the Last Bronze Age
discovered in Dashkand, Ganjachay.
There are hooked medallions trimmed with dark blue-yel-
low, white-red-yellow, and light green-red-white in the center
of the central field of the carpet. The medallions depicted in the
lower section of the central field are similar in form but differ
in color.
The blank spaces of the central field are decorated with filler
elements. The edges of the central field are surrounded with
dark blue scallops on the right and left.
The dark blue large border of the carpet is divided into ho-
rizontal motifs. “Damgha,” “daraq,” s-shaped, stepped edge,
classic, and stylized animal depictions are seen among the mo-
tifs. White broken lines separate the motifs from one another.
The border motifs are trimmed with ivory, orange, blue, yel-
low, brick red, turquoise, and white.
The color balance of the carpet has been preserved with high
professionalism and traditional regularity.
The “abrash” in the central field and border of the carpet is
seen clearly.
The carpet is woven of wool using hand-spun yarn and natu-
ral dyes. The condition of the carpet is complete. The carpet is
of artistic, historical, and scientific importance.