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 Egypt. ~1300-1350. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. NM 229/1935

 

Size: 31 x 25.5 cm

NM 229/1935

 

Weft: brown (upper part) and fawn (bottom part) wool, 2-3 shots

 

Knots: 25V x 26H (650 knots per square dm/42 psi)

 

Published: Carl Johan Lamm, Carpet Fragments, plate 10, Uddevalla, Sweden, 1985

 

Found in Fostat, Egypt