Carpet World of Fairytales
Did you find your favorite fairytale characters on the carpet from our previous post?
Let's discover together!
The carpet depicts fragments and characters from such fairytales as Malikmammad, Boy on White Horse, Flying Carpet, Beautiful Fatma, Pomegranate Girl, and Rooster and the Shah.
Take a closer look at the center of the carpet: there is an image of a good genie who comes out of the lamp in the famous fairytale Alibaba and Forty Thieves. And the eyes that are visible in the smoke surrounding him belong to the evil genie.
The lower part of the carpet portrays two children. They hold three apples in their hands (in the traditional ending of Azerbaijani fairytales, three apples fall from the sky, for those who narrated and listened).
Carpet World of Fairytales. Author: Eldar Mikayilzade. Azerbaijan. 1987. Warp, weft - cotton, pile - wool. Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum collection
