THE RESERACH ON A GROUP OF AZERBAIJANI FLAT-WEAVE CARPETS
AZERBAYCAN HAVSIZ HALILARININ BİR GRUBU HAKKINDA ARAŞTIRMA

Author : Sedef ACAR -- Minara GULİYEVA
Number of pages : 19-33

Abstract

In Turkey weave carpets are commonly referred to as carpet while flat-weave carpets are called as straight weave. In Azerbaijan, in contrast to Turkish carpet culture, all carpets are generally organized as carpet and is researched in two groups, such as weave and flat-weave carpets. There are a few researches regarding to to flat-weave carpets in Azerbaijan. Rugs, Cecim, Şede, contain the ancient examples in this group and are the subject of the research. The geographical regions, history, color, design and technical features of Azerbaijani production group of flat-weave carpets will be researched. In order to identify the similarities and differences between Azerbaijani and Turkish production of flat-weave carpets the basic information will be formed in this field.

Keywords

Azerbaijan, Flat-weave carpets, Palaz, Jejim, Shedde, Traditional weaving

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