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
 


OTTOMAN CARPETS IN THE XVI - XVII CENTURIES (16-17TH CENTURIES)


 

Anatolian (or Caucasian) carpet, XVII-XVIII century, published by Heinrich Jacoby, Eine Sammlung Orientalischer Teppiche, Leipzig, 1922. Ballard Collection.

 

Saint Louis Art Museum (Accession Number: 116:1929)

 

96 x 65 in. (243.8 x 165.1 cm)

 

Note: Jacoby attributes this piece to Caucasus.

 


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