About the Antique Rugs of the Future Project

Sheep Breeds of Azerbaijan

Shearing,
Sorting, Washing, Carding, Spinning

"The advantages of handspun yarn to machine spun yarn"

Rediscovery of Ancient Natural Dyes
Our Natural Dyestuffs

Mordants

Difference between synthetically and naturally dyed rugs

Weaving and Finishing Steps

Galleries of ARFP Caucasian Azerbaijani Rugs
 


BACK TO EARLY OTTOMAN AND ANATOLIAN TURKMEN BEYLIKS PERIOD RUGS (XIV-XV CENTURIES)

 

Pile carpet fragment, Turkey. XV century. Nationalmuseum (or National Museum of Fine Arts), Stockholm, Sweden

 

Size: 21x33.5cm

NM 230/1935

 

Weft: red, wool, 2 shots

 

Knots: two ply symmetrical knot inclined to the left, 32 vertical, 34 horizontal, 1088 pdm2 (70 psi)

 

Published: Carl Johan Lamm, Carpet Fragments, plate 24

 

Found in Fostat, Egypt.