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 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

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 Galleries of ARFP Caucasian Azerbaijani Rugs

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ANTIQUE KARAPINAR RUGS (CENTRAL ANATOLIA)

 

Rippon Boswell Karapinar rug with Memling Guls, 18th century		    
Konya Karapinar long rug with stylized saz leaves design, Dennis Dodds Collection

Konya rug, Christopher Alexander Collection, Chritisties 10/2009. Lot 88
Central Anatolian Konya rug, c 1800-1850, TIEM (or Vakiflar)
Central Anatolian Karapinar rug, c. 1800-50. Dennis Dodds Collection

 

 

 


Karapinar kilim, Central Anatolia, Turkey, 19th century. Dennis Dodds Collection

      
     

 

 

 

Central Anatolian Karapinar rug with Ottoman tulips, Dennis Dodds Collection
The Christopher Alexander Collection Konya Tulip rug		    
     

 

 

 

 

McMullan Konya / Karapinar rug, 19th century, 1974.149.52, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York