Or Renaissance of Antique Caucasian Rugs
The project aims to rediscover the long-forgotten secrets of the antique Caucasian Azerbaijan Rugs

Galleries of the hand-woven rugs and carpets made of handspun wool and natural dyes

Hand-woven rare authentic Caucasian rugs and carpets directly from where they've been made for ages

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Ornamental Elements of Caucasian Azerbaijan Rugs
A complete guide showing and describing the ornamental elements of Caucasian rugs with the help of more than 600 drawings under 20 different categories

We specialize in all kind of - new, mid-20th century, old, semi-antique and antique Caucasian rugs and carpets, including pile rugs, kilims, sumaks, shadda, jajim, zili, verni (verneh), khurjun, heybe, also handmade embroideries and other ethnic Caucasian textiles.
 

"Azerbaijan rugs" is also the only comprehensive source which is dedicated to particularly Caucasian Azerbaijan rugs on the web. Over 10 000 rugs and textiles are displayed in this website, also numerous informational and educational articles, essays, and illustrations to inspire you. Research is continuously being done and will be presented to you to bring out the most objective information about Caucasian rugs which has been mostly misused and misunderstood in the history, intentionally or unintentionally by different sources.

A complete guide to Caucasian Azerbaijan rugs- Historical, geographical, artistic and technical analysis of more than 170 rug types

Why Azerbaijan Rugs?

Originality: We are dealing only with original Caucasian rugs. All our Caucasian rugs and carpets, with various designs, are woven in Azerbaijan (Kazak rugs, Kuba rugs, Shirvan rugs, Baku rugs, Tabriz rugs, Ardabil rugs, Ganja rugs, Karabakh rugs, Shusha rugs, Derbend rugs, Talish rugs) 95% of Caucasian named rugs are Azerbaijan rugs. Azerbaijan is the biggest country in the Caucasian Region. Therefore, if you care about originality be ware of the rugs with Caucasian designs that are made in other countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and China, as most of them were duplicated in a haphazard fashion and do not represent their origins in design elements and workmanship.


Quality of the materials and structure: The best quality 100% handspun and hand carded wool, also pure natural dyes such as madder, or cochineal, euphorbia-spurge, indigo, onion, walnut husks, pomegranate skins etc. are used in our rugs. The quality of our old Caucasian rugs has already been proven by their age and  our new production is based on revival of antique designs, natural dyes and old weaving traditions. Our Caucasian rugs were made exactly the same way as the rugs were made thousands of years ago. These rugs will provide character, class and style to almost any setting. They will last a lifetime, retain and gain value. They are at once art, floor covering, and investment.

Authenticity: All our Caucasian rugs are certified with authenticity from The State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art

Rarity: Our Caucasian rugs are not the result of mass production! Each Caucasian rug is unique and one of a kind. Ninety-five percent of all oriental rugs and carpets made today are woven with inexpensive processed wool which has been spun into yarn by machine, and then colored with modern synthetic dyes. The result is a rug which appears precise and lifeless with no variation in design, texture, or coloration. This is how most modern oriental rugs are made.

Affordability: We offer our collection of exceptional Caucasian carpets at very competitive prices.
 

OLD CAUCASIAN RUGS AND TEXTILES SECTION

Most of the rugs included below categories are not commercial rugs, but village and tribal rugs which were made in the 20th century in different regions of Azerbaijan

WEBSITE NEWS

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- The advantages of handspun yarn to machine spun yarn>>

- The difference between synthetic and natural dyes>>

- "Our Natural dyestuffs">>

- "Old Historical Photographs of Rug Weaving Nations" section is ready for your perusal>>

- More than 100 medieval paintings are exhibited in "Oriental Rugs in Medieval European Paintings" section>>

12 rugs added...>>

56 rugs&kilims added...>>

Oriental Rugs in Old Master Paintings

Old Historical Photographs
of Rug Weaving Nations

The Rugs of Azerbaijan Miniatures
(soon)