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)

 

Early Turkish pile rug fragment, Anatolia. second half XV century. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Acquired from Carl Johan Lamm in 1936. NM 45/1936

 

Size: 26.5 x 30 cm

NM 45/1936

 

Weft: red wool, 2 shots

 

Knots: 30V x 22H (660 knots per square dm/43 psi)

 

Published: Carl Johan Lamm, Carpet Fragments, plate 26, Uddevalla, Sweden, 1985

 

Found in Fostat, Egypt