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

 

Here is a very interesting Kuba Chichi rug from the archive of The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art. The rug is dated 1325 AH* / 1907 AD. This is one of the rarest rugs, if not the only one, which shows both Hijri and Gregorian dates in Arabic numbers.

* The Hijri date is the Islamic calendar. It started in the moon year in which prophet Muhammad  immigrated from Makkah to Madinah.