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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HISTORICAL GHIRLANDAIO CARPETS

 

Ghirlandaio type Western Anatolian Turkish rug, first half 19th century, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1974.149.23). From the collection of Joseph V. McMullan		      
     
Turkish village rug. XVIII-XIX century, published Hali 94