The Kalagayi- silk shawl

 

 Sheki Silk Kerchief.
Because of insufficiency of written information, one  can't say exact production date of silk kerchief.
China. Economic, cultural relations with Eastern peoples by means of GREAT SILK way along
centuries caused to becoming of silk to our people's national resources. The cities of Nakhchivan, Ordubad, Shusha, Ganja, Shamakhi, Sheki became ancient handicraft center of Azerbaijan. Besides other field of silkworm breeding, also heritage of Sharbaflig was founded. Importing of silk from China to Azerbaijan commenced since 2 thousands years.
Besides so assortment of silk, knitting of silk kerchief was highly developed in Sheki. Knitting of silk kerchief and deciration of them with other ornamental method were its specific specificity and characteristic. Sheki Sharbafs (who making silk kerchief) had used hand machinery manjilig silk and factory machinery Davel silk.

 Silk production by means of Manjilik hand machinery was continued up to 30th years of 20 centuries. Among the production equipment of silk kerchief, various ornamental wood casts takes important place. One can meet with different assortment of casts made from pear , walnut trees, other big and little assotments of them.

 Descriptions of rose being goddess of flowers always were given in kerchief selvage being beautiful craft kerchiefs prepared by public craftmen and in wide interim selvage. It would be naturally to paint kerchief considering symbol of weakness and calmness, being slight than air, luxury as adoring as being. Saraghan, vaghan being morass plants, asnarak (ispirak), sandal, sumag, zirinj, dog-rose, wild rabbit apple, narinj, nazbitki, yellow ginger, saffron are ussed in the difference color and shades. Merchants wre bringing transit goods directly to Shaki being main silk trade center concerning with Sarbaf, they were dividing them to the shops and nearby regions from there.