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No: 0407-08 Type:
South
Azerbaijan, Tabriz Group:
Tabriz Sub-Group:
Lachak-Turunj Origin
Country:
South Azerbaijan General/Historical
Information:
This carpet belongs to Tabriz type of South Azerbaijan Carpets. The name
"Lachak-turunj" comes from a composition, which was created in Tabriz
Art School. The
composition "Lachak-turunj" was used to decorate both religious
and poetic books at 9th-10th centuries. And later at 13th-15th centuries,
it was widely used in carpet making art. It
is necessary to mention that this composition was widely used for the
ornaments of decorative arts not only in Tabriz, but also in all the art
centers of Middle East and Central Asia.
The dimensions of this
carpet are 1152 x 534 cm –61.51m2 (454 x 210 in.) And it contains 517,500
knots per sq. m. (69 knots per 10 cm. across, 75 knots per 10 cm
lengthwise, warp - yellow silk, double weft -yellow silk, A
second much smaller rug is to be found in the Los Angeles County Museum of
Art. Of all the carpets known to us at present, this ranks as the world's
greatest. The mosque lamps placed on either side of the medallions have
been interpreted to mean that the carpet was intended to be used in a
mosque. Art
Analysis: The
composition "Lachak-turunj" consists of two basic elements. These
are “turunj” (medallion) and “lachak”s. “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. These
“turunj” (medallion) and “lachak”s, which are the main elements of
the composition, have various 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 oblong. 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. "Lachak"s have also various forms. They are placed at the corners of the central field as triangles. Their structure exhibits a great symmetry. Symmetric "lachak"s may have a form of rectangular. And asymmetric "lachak"s are being generally obtusangular. "Turunj” have different kind of names such as Khoncha or medallion, and "lachak"s has got other names like arka, mehrab. 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. Pile:
pure wool Warp & Weft:
cotton Density/Kpsm
(knots
per square meter): more
than 230 000 Colors:
10 = dark blue, light blue, light fig green, dark green, red, orange,
peach, maroon, mustard, beige (NATURALLY
DYED) Area:
2.81 m2 Weight:
7,1
kg Kg/m2:
2.52 AGE:
about 50 years old Condition:
good Technical Analysis: “Lachak-Turunj”
can be made only medium or big size. Density of “Lachak-Turunj” carpets varies from 25x25 to 80x80 per square decimeter. (from 80.000 to 650.000 knots per square meter) The
height of pile:
3-15mm Comments:
Exclusive
“Lachak-Turunj” carpets are considered as one of the best of World
Carpet Art. Researched and prepared by Vugar Dadashov |
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