Aghajly

"Aghajly" (Azerbaijani: Ağaclı) - Azerbaijani carpets belonging to the Tabriz type.[1][2][3] These carpets got their name not from the place of their production, but in accordance with their composition. Thus, the composition of the middle field of these carpets mainly consists of one or more trees and bushes and, in rare cases, of a group of trees intended to represent a garden or forest. The trees are represented differently. The spring or autumn trees are usually in bloom or with fruits (pomegranates, apples), and sometimes these are cypress, willow, weeping willow and other ornamental trees.[4]

"Aghajly" carpet (19th century). Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, Baku
"Aghajly" carpet (L. Kerimov, 1974). Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, Baku

In the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum from Baku, the Aghajly carpet of the 19th century, and those by Latif Karimov (1965, 1974) are exhibited. The Aghajly carpet, also made by Kerimov in 1953, is kept in the Azerbaijan National Museum of Art (Baku).

Particularities

Previously, such features of the trees as twisted, branched trunk, etc. were considered a supernatural phenomenon and caused worship. The weeping willow ("majnun soyud"), for example, was a symbol of love, the oak was the personification of strength and courage, and the pomegranate tree symbolized the abundance of the good luck. And of course, the Azerbaijani artisans, especially carpet weaving masters, used these symbolic images in their works.[5] And the images of trees on carpets were stylized.[4]

The composition of the Aghajly carpets, woven in the 15-16th centuries in Tabriz,[6] is more complex, and the colours are more natural. The gardens and forests on these carpets are shown in a planar image, and the landscape itself has a foreground and a background. The artistic composition of the Aghajly carpets, woven in the Northern Azerbaijan, with its similar patterns and details, is very simple. Sometimes there are "Aghajly" carpets, in the upper part of the middle field of which there is a lyachak. The Aghajly carpets of a simpler composition are small in size. Their nodes are of low density. The carpets of a more complex composition are larger and denser. Sometimes, when creating the "Aghajly" composition, the folk artists even depict the tree roots.[4]

It is worth noting that, the composition with the trees image is very common in the folk art of the Central Asia and the Caucasus, including Azerbaijan, however, the Aghajly carpets of the Tabriz art school, created in the 15-17th centuries, are considered more original.[4]

See also

References
  1. Azərbaycan xalçası (PDF). Baku: Azerbaijan National Library. 2012. p. 389.
  2. "Azərbaycanda xalça sənətinin inkişafı" (in Azerbaijani). azerbaijan.az. Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. Abdullayeva, Najiba (1971). Ковровое искусство Азербайджана (PDF). Baku: Elm. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-25.
  4. Karimov, Latif (1983). Азербайджанский ковёр (PDF). Vol. III. Baku: Gənclik. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  5. İradə Sarıyeva (April 20, 2015). "Təbriz xalçaçılıq məktəbi - mədəniyyətimizin böyük qollarından biri kimi..." (in Azerbaijani). Azerbaijan National Library. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. Azərbaycan xalçası (PDF). Baku: Elm. 2007. p. 27. ISBN 978-5-8066-1758-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-25.
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