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)

 

A Turkish rug with the large "Holbein" pattern, 16th century. Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, Istanbul. inv. no: 694. Size: 152x210 cm (157x212cm) (30x32dm / 27x30). wool on wool (red wefts).


 

 

 


Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve (`The Ambassadors'), 1533
Oil on oak, 207 x 209 cm
National Gallery, London
by Hans Holbein the Younger (b. 1497, Augsburg, d. 1543, London), a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style