Azerbaijan

“Azerbaijan rugs” is the only comprehensive source on the web which is dedicated particularly to Caucasian Azerbaijani rugs. Over 10 000 rugs and textiles are displayed in this website, also numerous informational and educational articles, essays, and illustrations to inspire you. Research is continuously being done and will be presented to you to bring out the most objective information about the Caucasian rugs which has been mostly misused and misunderstood in the history, intentionally or unintentionally by different sources.



We also specialize in all kind of – new, mid-20th century, old, semi-antique and antique Caucasian rugs and carpets, including pile rugs, kilims, sumaks, shadda, jajim, zili, verni (verneh), khurjun, heybe, also handmade embroideries and other ethnic Caucasian textiles.

   Why “Azerbaijan Rugs”?


Originality: We are dealing only with original Caucasian rugs. All our Caucasian rugs and carpets, with various designs, are woven in Azerbaijan (Kazak rugs, Kuba rugs, Shirvan rugs, Baku rugs, Tabriz rugs, Ardabil rugs, Ganja rugs, Karabakh rugs, Shusha rugs, Derbend rugs, Talish rugs) 95% of Caucasian named rugs are Azerbaijan rugs. Therefore, if you care about originality be ware of the rugs with Caucasian designs that are made in other countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and China, as most of them were duplicated in a haphazard fashion and do not represent their origins in design elements and workmanship.

Quality of the materials and structure: The best quality 100% handspun and hand carded wool, also pure natural dyes such as madder, or cochineal, weld, euphorbia-spurge, indigo, onion, walnut husks, pomegranate skins etc. are used in our rugs. The quality of our old Caucasian rugs has already been proven by their age and our new production is based on revival of antique designs, natural dyes and old weaving traditions. Our Caucasian rugs were made exactly the same way as the rugs were made thousands of years ago. These rugs will provide character, class and style to almost any setting. They will last a lifetime, retain and gain value. They are at once art, floor covering, and investment.

 National Patterns

   Decorative and applied arts is the foundation of 

decorating, which have different forms and structures. More attractive and decorative objects that belong to each of diagram, the island has a different shape and composition.
In ornaments geometric figures, plants and animals, which are reflected in the description. Sometimes they are repeated. The design is called the repeat rate.
Different peoples of the world have their own traditions in the formation of Ornament. Thus, the pattern of every nation and color of each item of footwear.
Groups that are decorated with works of art hasiyəsini widespread in Azerbaijan “dolanqac” good luck. This model of ancient Greek art “meandr”, Turkic-speaking peoples “winding” or “twisting,” said.
Straight, curved, twisted line of craftsmen “water” is called. Over time, these lines on the “hook”, “fork” as the name of the institution.

The art of carpet weaving in Azerbaijan specific color shades, art ideas, woven designs, round and spiralsəkilli jewelry, selected with rich ornaments.
Former times, the most common among women in Azerbaijan ortuklərindən was one of the silk scarf. Silk scarf – silk square found, there are different colors. Women over the age of the dark – black, white, young and bright-white, blue, pink, brown baglayırdılar color. This includes in Sheki, Ganja and Shamakhi produce the famous silk centers.
Forms a pattern of the “cloud” of simple and complex forms can be found. This pattern is symmetric, and itreminds me of a cloud forms.

“Vaq-vaqı” - a strange features, bird, animal pictures, which is rich in symmetrical pattern. They vaqfantastic wood-human, or animal-like head. It causes the leaves in the morning, and into the evening. It alsocalled upon the tree.