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Rug weaving in the Caucasus extends back at least to medieval times, as fragments of knotted pile carpet from the 13th and 14th centuries have been uncovered in several cave complexes in Georgia. There is also reason to believe that the Persian Shāh ʿAbbās during the 17th century established manufactories in the Shirvan and Karabagh districts whose products included carpets, and a surviving group of large 17th- and 18th-century carpets may well be from this enterprise. Among the designs used were the avshan (geometrized calyx and stem), the harshang (crab), and a bold lattice design with stylized animals, including dragons, in the interstices. Almost certainly these carpets were based upon Persian prototypes, although they are characterized by bold, vigorous designs rather than traditional Persian fineness of weave.
Ninety percent of carpets, especially flatweaves and flatweave fabrics, which have become famous as Kavkaz (Caucasian), are in fact Azerbaijani carpets, which greatly influenced both the technical and artistic aspects of carpet weaving in the Caucasus and in Turkey and Iran.
Russian imperial expansion in the late 13th/19th century opened the Caucasus to the West, and what had been a modest local weaving industry evolved into a major source of exports. The main weaving zone was in the eastern Transcaucasus south of the mountains that bisect the region diagonally (see Figure 1), the area now comprised in the Azerbaijan SSR; it is the homeland of a Turkic population known today as Azeri (see AZERBAIJAN vi. Population and its Occupations and Culture). Other ethnic groups also practiced weaving, some of them in other parts of the Caucasus, but they were of lesser importance.
…generally these rugs have been classified as Caucasian rugs, which they are, but I further classify them as Azerbaijani Caucasian rugs to note their Azerbaijani origins… Moreover, the most sought after and valuable Persian rugs are in fact not even Persian in origin, they are Azerbaijani. Serapi, Tabriz, Heriz, and Bakhshaish, generally regarded as among the most important «Persian rugs», are regions/cities in Southern Azerbaijan (also called Iranian Azerbaijan), which is not the Persia/Iran most of us think of today; though still today these rugs are incorrectly classified by the rug community as «Northwest Persian»…
Antique Azerbaijani rugs are in The White House, The State Department, and every important museum in the world including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louvre, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Vatican, and The Hermitage.
New digital collection «Azerbaijani Carpets» has just been published with a support of the UNESCO Moscow Office. CD collection contain 215 photo, 15 video clips and several articles on the art of Azerbaijani Carpets. CD «Azerbaijan Carpets» consists of following blocs:
• History of Azerbaijan Carpet weaving • Azerbaijan carpet-making techniques • Azerbaijan Carpet weaving schools • Figuratire Carpets • Carpet collections of world’s museums
• Bibliography, list-info and about this CD
Ninety percent of carpets, especially flatweaves and flatweave fabrics, which have become famous as Kavkaz (Caucasian), are in fact Azerbaijani carpets, which greatly influenced both the technical and artistic aspects of carpet weaving in the Caucasus and in Turkey and Iran.
…generally these rugs have been classified as Caucasian rugs, which they are, but I further classify them as Azerbaijani Caucasian rugs to note their Azerbaijani origins… Moreover, the most sought after and valuable Persian rugs are in fact not even Persian in origin, they are Azerbaijani. Serapi, Tabriz, Heriz, and Bakhshaish, generally regarded as among the most important «Persian rugs», are regions/cities in Southern Azerbaijan (also called Iranian Azerbaijan), which is not the Persia/Iran most of us think of today; though still today these rugs are incorrectly classified by the rug community as «Northwest Persian»…
Russian imperial expansion in the late 13th/19th century opened the Caucasus to the West, and what had been a modest local weaving industry evolved into a major source of exports. The main weaving zone was in the eastern Transcaucasus south of the mountains that bisect the region diagonally (see Figure 1), the area now comprised in the Azerbaijan SSR; it is the homeland of a Turkic population known today as Azeri (see AZERBAIJAN vi. Population and its Occupations and Culture). Other ethnic groups also practiced weaving, some of them in other parts of the Caucasus, but they were of lesser importance.
Antique Azerbaijani rugs are in The White House, The State Department, and every important museum in the world including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louvre, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Vatican, and The Hermitage.
New digital collection «Azerbaijani Carpets» has just been published with a support of the UNESCO Moscow Office. CD collection contain 215 photo, 15 video clips and several articles on the art of Azerbaijani Carpets. CD «Azerbaijan Carpets» consists of following blocs:
• History of Azerbaijan Carpet weaving • Azerbaijan carpet-making techniques • Azerbaijan Carpet weaving schools • Figuratire Carpets • Carpet collections of world’s museums
• Bibliography, list-info and about this CD
