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Lusine Mkhitaryan - Armenian Needlework Lace. Master classes

The manual "Armenian Needlework Lace" introduces the subtleties of creating flat (Van's embroidery school) and dimensional (Karin's embroidery school) laces, the skills of tying special knots with a needle, obtaining various patterns thanks to knots and threads. The manual details Karin's traditional embroidery training process for the first time. Photos by Zaven Khachikyan

Title in Armenian	Լուսինե Մխիթարյան - Հայկական ասեղնագործ ժանյակ
Author(s)	Lusine Mkhitaryan
Language(s)	Armenian
Publisher(s)	Zangak
Year	2018
Pages	104
Binding	Paperback
Printing	Color
Size	22.5 x 21 cm
ISBN	9789939684499

tags: haykakan aseghnagorts zhanyak, haykakan asexnagorc janyak, janiak, lusine mxitaryan, ասեղնագործություն

Armenian Carpet Art 18-20th cc

The album-catalogue Armenian Carpet ART 18th-20th cc. includes classic examples of the Armenian carpets from almost all historical-ethnographical regions of Armenia, which have been chosen from the collection of the History Museum of Armenia. The analytical and scientific texts on Armenian carpets are extracts from the monograph by Volkmar Gantzhorn The Christian Oriental Carpet: A Presentation of its Development, Iconologically and Iconographically from its Beginnings to the 18th Century.

Title in Armenian	Հայկական գորգարվեստ XVIII-XX դդ․
Translator(s)	Translated into English by Benedikt Taschen, 1991.
Language(s)	Armenian, English
Publisher(s)	History Museum of Armenia
Year	2013
Pages	160
Binding	Paperback
Printing	Color
Size	22 x 30 cm
ISBN	9789994128976

tags: haykakan gorgarvest

Carpets Inscribed in Armenian

Carpets with Armenian inscriptions comprise a special group in the rich collection of carpets kept at the History Museum of Armenia. Putting an Armenian lettered commemoration and a dating on an artistic work was an accepted tradition in older times. The dating was often made in Armenian letters or in Arab figures. In this catalogue, the carpets comprise the following groups, according to there ornamental design: dragon carpets, carpets with images, carpets of geometrical motifs and carpets of mixed patterns and carpets of vegetal design.

Title in Armenian	Հայերեն արձանագրությամբ գորգեր
Compiler(s)	Ionna Avagyan
Translator(s)	Aida Frunjyan
Language(s)	Armenian, English
Publisher(s)	History Museum of Armenia
Year	2010
Pages	60
Binding	Paperback
Printing	Color
Size	23.5 x 28 cm
ISBN	9789994124671

tags: hayeren ardzanagrutyamb gorger, armenian carpets, gorg, history museum of armenia