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
 


OTTOMAN CARPETS IN THE XVI - XVII CENTURIES (16-17TH CENTURIES)



 

Anatolian rug, Ottoman Empire, 1650-1750. published in "Carpets of The Vakiflar Museum Istanbul" by B.Balpinar & Hirsch, plate 28. Vakiflar Museum, Istanbul


image source: http://www.rugtracker.com/2013/06/the-dervish-swastika-design.html  (thanks to John Taylor)