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 Sheep Breeds of Azerbaijan

 Shearing, Sorting, Washing, Carding, Spinning

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 Difference between synthetically and naturally dyed rugs

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Ushak Bird rug, dated 1646, 137x204cm. Biserica Mănăstirii (The Monastery Church), Sighișoara (inv 534). The inscription on the rug: TESTAMENTVM LAURENTIUS BOLKESCH AD 1646 (this is the earliest inscription on a rug in Transylvania).  illustrated in Stefano Ionescu's "Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania"

 

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