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

 

 


Antique Seychour rug, North Caucasus, circa 1880. Two “St. Andrew’s Cross” medallions in rust, madder, grey/ blue and tan on an ivory field, surrounded by a rust and salmon flower-head border, all within a running dog or waves motif border