Shirvan
Marasali Tachte rug
CODE: SHRMTCH07A Size (metric): 138x176cm Size (ft): 4'6"x5'9" Area: 2.42 m2 Density: 165 000 knots per square meter, totally 400 000 knots Weaving period: 4 months Colors: madder red, dark medium blue, medium blue, midnight blue, yellow, green, ivory, dark brown, maroon. Dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks, natural dark brown sheep wool, natural light brown sheep wool, natural ivory sheep wool Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps (natural ivory and brown twist) and ivory wool wefts (two shots) Knots: Gördes (Turkish, symmetrical) Pile height: 0.5cm Ends: five rows of decorative knotted meshwork Inscriptions: the word takht (means "throne"), tamga (tribal seal) of Afshar tribe Handwoven in Azerbaijan Weavers' name: Yasemen
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A part of the central field depicts a group of people performing a collective dance, reminiscent of the national dance of Azerbaijan, called Yalli. The carpet weavers of the region calls this element "el ele", which means hand in hand. A 15 000 years old petroglyph shown above from Gobustan. Gobustan’s ancient rock carvings, or petroglyphs have been carefully studied by anthropologists, archeologists, and historians. The research has led to a deeper understanding of the lifestyles, belief systems, and migration routes of the peoples who lived in this region in the distant past. The evidence gathered in Gobustan suggests that our human ancestors existed in this region over many millennia, as early as the Upper Pleistocene period. Gobustan is located 60 kms to the south east of Mazara village |
Yalli Dance, Gobustan, 10 m north of "Ana-zaga" cave (Mother cave), Beyukdesh Mountain, upper terrace
Tachte (takht) - means "throne" in Turkic and Persian language. According to Doris Eder (the author of "Orientteppiche Band 1 : KAUKASISCHE TEPPICHE"), the significance of Tachte Shirvan rugs rests in the peculiar large symbol on those rugs, for representing an Avar throne. The Avar were a militarized equestrian Turkic people which established an empire spanning considerable areas of Central and Eastern Europe from the late 6th to the early 9th century. According S.Azadi, this element is representing an animal throne composition. Some rug connoisseurs claim that this element represents the Arch of the Law, and dancing figures are the Jewish men performing some rituals. |
tree of life element
so called "glass and leaf" (or calyx and leaf) border
a rug with the calyx and leaf border can seen in "Jesus in the House of Marta" (c. 1535), by Vasco Fernandes (better known as Grão Vasco)
Veneto-Lombard School
Portrait of a Young Nobleman, circa 1545 shows a Caucasian rug with the so
called "calyx and leaf" border
King Henry VIII, 1537-1557?
Unknown, after Holbein.
Petworth House.
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