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
 

 

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Aksaray prayer rug, central Anatolia, early 18th century, Rippon Boswell, 2003, lot Nr: 82. The yellow octagon incorporating four crescents (sic) is similar to the main motif in the famous fragment in the Bartels collection