The Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum holds the Azerbaijan Carpets Splendour. Safavid Treasures. 17th – 18th Centuries. Amir Oskouei’s Collection exhibition. The exhibition displays 14 unique carpets and artistic embroidery samples of the 17th-18th centuries from the private collection of the USA citizen Amir Oskouei. The worldwide known palace carpets based on Afshan, Goja and Khatai compositions occupy a special place.
The unique Azerbaijani carpets were always highly appreciated around the globe in virtue of their quality and artistic features. Noblemen of the West with aristocratic taste collected Azerbaijani carpets and decorated palaces, mansions and religious monuments with them. The Azerbaijani decorative and applied art samples preserved at the world museums and private collections attract great attention to this very day.
The exhibition also includes a video created by the AI about the palace carpets, depicted on the Tabriz miniatures. The video presents creation process of the 16th-17th-centuries palace carpets of the Safavid period as harmony between the modern technologies and historical craftsmanship.
The exhibition organised jointly by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, Amir Textiles and Rugs LTD, sponsored by bp Azerbaijan and supported by the United States – Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce and Silk Way West Airlines is on until May 10, 2025.
Museum’s ticket office opening hours:
Tuesday – Friday: 10:00 – 18:00
Saturday – Sunday: 11:00 – 19:00
Exposition’s opening hours:
Tuesday – Friday: 10:00-19:00
Saturday – Sunday: 11:00-20:00
