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rhomb and hook-like geometrical patterns used as filler elements in shedde use warp from
colorful yarn representing fields, household, growth, and abundance. A buta element deco-
rating fleecy carpets is distinguished by its artistic structure and technical style and is called
“Nakhchivan buta.” The namazlyk carpets of Nakhchivan with blue, dark blue, and red colors
in artistic styles and depictions of domes are valuable examples of Islamic culture surviving to
the present.
As in other regions of Azerbaijan, the car-
pets of the Nakhchivan group are divided
into two groups based on weaving tech-
niques: pile or flat weave. Flat weave carpets
include hesir, chatan, buriya, jejim, kilim,
verni, shedde, zili, sumakh, and ladi. The car-
pets and carpet items included in this group
are created by “simple passing,” “complex
passing,” and “simple twisting” of weft in
the warp.
The items woven by the pile weave tech-
nique include rugs and carpets. Pile weave
carpets are woven by “knotting,” either a
“winding knot” or a “gullabi knot.”
The development of pile and flat weave car-
pets is divided into four main and systematic periods.
The first period is the primary period of carpet art. In Nakhchivan, this period includes palas
and jejim. Carpet items woven in this period are without a pattern, plain, and single-colored.
Afterwards, weavers began to weave striped palas by using the natural colors of animal wool.
Shedde and verni from the third period
of carpet weaving art made by the com-
plicated winding method illustrated
that the people were engaged in breed-
ing cattle. Therefore, stylized animal
motifs are observed on this kind of car-
pet in this region.
Chul. Wool. Flat weave.
Middle of 19 th century.
Nakhchivan Group.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani carpets / NAKHCHIVAN GROUP