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 pile rug fragment, Anatolia or Syria. 1300-1400. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

 

Size: 10 x 12 cm

NM 225/1939

 

Warps: wool, 2 ply, s twist

 

Weft: light brown red wool, 1 ply, z spun, 2 shots

 

Knots: symmetrical, double Z spun wool yarns.

 

Knots: 34V x 24H per sq dm

 

Published: Carl Johan Lamm, Carpet Fragments, plate 37, Uddevalla, Sweden, 1985

 

Found in Fostat, Egypt