Azerbaijani Carpet History

Historically, there were 4 main carpet cultural centers in Azerbaijan; Quba, Baku, Mughan, and Karabagh. These centers had their different patterns and techniques. They had competitions between them and had many wonderfully intricate story-telling patterns, which were popular in the International market.

Examples of Quba Carpets


Shahnazarli Carpet

Perepedil Prayer Carpet

Seichur Carpet

Shahnazarli Carpet

Examples of Baku Carpets

Fyndyghan Carpet

Novkhany Carpet

Zili Carpet

Example of Mughan Carpets

Hooked Memling Carpet

Examples of Karabagh Carpets

Chelebi Carpet

Cloudband

Lampa

 

There are many ethnicities along the Caucasus. All of them with their own unique language, culture and art. They have their own symbols and mythlogy which are shown in the carpet patterns. One such example is the Lezgi people's Sumax carpets. The Lezgians are an ethnic group of people who live primarily in Southern Dagestan (Russia) and Northeastern Azerbaijan.

Examples of Sumax Carpets