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)

 

Rug fragment, 15th century, Turkey. The Röhss Museum of Arts and Crafts, Gothenburg. Found in Fostat, Egypt


Size: 40.5x40cm

RKM 322/1935

 

Weft: red, wool

 

Knots: 33V x 26H, 858 pdm2 (55 psi)

 

image source: Carl Johan Lamm, Carpet Fragments, plate 25