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
 


Back To Medieval Period (476-1453) Carpets

 

Pile rug fragment, Near East, 800-900s. Found in Fustat. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

 

Size: 8 x 21 cm

NM 218/1939

 

Warp: linen yarn, 2 ply, Z-twist

 

Weft: linen yarn, s spun, 4-7 threads

 

Pile: wool and cotton yarn, pulled out in loops, later cut.

 

Knots: 33V x 130H

 

Published: Carl Johan Lamm, Carpet Fragments, plate 34, Uddevalla, Sweden, 1985

 

Found in Fostat, Egypt