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
 

 

 

Caucasian Karabagh Chelebi Rug (Kazak Eagle, Chelaberd or Sunburst)
Code: KRCHL07
Size: 150x220
Size (ft): 4'11"x7'2"
Area: 3.3 m2
Density: 110 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and wool wefts

Design: The tomato-red field with small flowerhead motifs and stylised animals around three radiating sunburst or eagle medallions, in an ivory crab-rosette border between zigzag and barber-pole minor stripes
Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Contact us for more information about this rug



For more information about the above rug or to place an order please email vd@azerbaijanrugs.com (Baku, Azerbaijan) or ra@azerbaijanrugs.com  (San Francisco Bay Area). We will get back to you within 24 hours or less.