ŞİRVANDA XALÇA MƏMULATI İSTEHSALI TARİXİNDƏN

Abstract

The Shirvan region, which has been known as a developed trade and handicraft center of Azerbaijan since ancient times, is also famous for its exquisite carpet products. The wide spread of sheep breeding, which provides wool as the main raw material for carpet making, the region's wealth of natural dyes necessary for dyeing wool threads in different colors, and most importantly, the abundance of labor in the form of Azerbaijani women, created favorable conditions for the development of the art of carpet weaving in Shirvan. As in most carpet-making centers of Azerbaijan, the art of carpet-making in Shirvan had a natural character for a long time and was directed to meeting the needs of the producers. Starting from the second half of the 19th century, the sharp increase in the demand for carpet products in the world market, as in other regions of Azerbaijan, led to the rapid spread of the art of carpet weaving in Shirvan and the characteristic of handicraft art. Carpet products woven in Goychay and Shamakhi districts, which are the main carpet-making centers of Shirvan, were exported to foreign countries, primarily to Turkey.