3rd from left - Hovhannes Kajaznuni Collection: Kajaznuni’s archive Era : 1921 Location : Alexandria, Egypt Material : Paper Inventar # : 17543/28
Group picture of Hovhannes Kajaznuni abroad, with the inscription “To my Margoush”, /seated from left to right: 3rd/Presented to his daughter, Margo. Collection: Documentary Collection Era : 1914 Location : Paris Material : Paper Inventar # : 17543/15
Artist: G. Aghasyan Mkrtich Emin, 1815-1890, Armenian historian, Armenologist. Professor of Lazarian Seminary and head of the chair of Armenian Studies. Collection: Painting Collection Era : 1960 Material : Oil painting Inventar # : 6852
The accepted type of dragon rugs in Armenian rug art are the 17th century rugs with the image of a dragon snake with a rich artistic description; they were reproduced in small sizes in the “Yerevan Gorg (Rug)” artel of the 1930s. Collection : Ethnographic collection Period : Contemporary [...]
The charmer is crescent-shaped, with a rectangular hanger, edged with small triangles. In the centre are single eight-pointed rosettes in two circles. On the hanger, there is a quadrangle divided into four small triangles by diagonals. Such charmers were hung on the neck of a bull or th [...]
The carpet has a rich ornamental design. Stylized images of a frog, a symbol of fertility, fill the entire carpet field in bright red, black and white. The wide border is decorated with solar images. Collection : Ethnographic collection Exposition : Armenian Carpets Period : Contempora [...]
The main ornamental motif in the composition is the tree of life with apple-bearing branches. The principal image appears three times along the vertical axis of the carpet. The whole surface is decorated with branches, leaves and rosettes. On the upper end, the carpet foundation colou [...]
Banknote of 250 roubles, 1919, 160 x 95 mm, HMA 18856/3; averse: Archangel Michael on two sides, with griffons atop, reverse: an Armenian peasant woman at the spinning-wheel, with a winged lion on her right. Collection : Numismatic collection Exposition : Period : Contemporary Era [...]