“Turunj”
settles down in the center of the medial field, and “lachak”s are
symmetrically placed on its four corners. The area between “turunj”
(medallion) and “lachak”s, has no patterns in simple Lachak-turunj
carpets, but it is decorated with helical branches, stylized florets and
leaves in the carpets with a complex composition.
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About
60% of Tabriz carpets are made with "Lachak-Turunj" composition.
The composition is used in Northern Azerbaijan as well. For example,
Karabagh type of "Khanlar" carpet has got the same composition. |
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These
“turunj” (medallion) and “lachak”s, which are the main elements of
the composition, have varios forms. The form of “Turunj” depends on the size of a carpet: if the length of a carpet is more than its width, then “Turunj” gets oblongated. And if the surrounding field of Turunj is extended at width, then turunj has got a round shape. These round medallions can be eight-edged and twelve-edged. In rare cases it could consist of sixteen corners.
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