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

 

 

Early Caucasian fragmentary rug with "Afshan" repeat pattern, late 18th c., East Azerbaijan. C. Ellis attributes it to Karabagh.
Textile Museum 1970.14.1. Size: 249 x 371 cm (8'2" x 12'2").
Published Charles Grant Ellis "Early Caucasian rugs" plate 28

compare it to Sotheby's Caucasian Blossom carpet and the other Textile Museum Afshan rug fragment