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The carpet that was in captivity
10 December 2021The Azerbaijan Carpet Museum’s Pile Carpets Collection houses the Bakhchadagulyar carpet of the Karabakh type, which has a very unusual history.
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Kaitag embroidery, a gift from Dagestan
10 December 2021The panel in the kaitag embroidery technique, donated by Raisa Ismayilova, Dagestan expert and restorer on embroidery and national costumes, and collector, occupies a special place among gifts to the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum.
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Carpet with a portrait of a scout
10 December 2021The Azerbaijan Carpet Museum’s collection boasts a rare and complex genre as portrait. One of them is Zorge carpet with a portrait of the famous scout, a native of Azerbaijan.
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A gift from the Ministry
10 December 2021In 2014, when the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum moved to a new building on Seaside Boulevard and acquired a new, multipurpose area for the exposition, this event was solemnly celebrated at a high level. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan donated to the museum early 20th-century Kabistan carpet of Shirvan group on this occasion.
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From the collection of the American carpets connoisseur
10 December 2021Beverly Schiltz, the widow of the famous collector and member of the Chicago Oriental Rug and Textile Society (USA) Grover Schiltz (1931-2012), donated to the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum two valuable and fairly rare carpets from the collection of her deceased husband in 2013.
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Rare Azerbaijani Embroidery. Heydar Aliyev Foundation’s Gift
10 December 2021An 18th-century rare Azerbaijani filling stitch embroidery is one of the newest exhibits of the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum’s collection.
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