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
 

 

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A late fifteenth-century brocaded velvet panel from Turkey, Bursa, Turkey, decorated with the chintamani pattern of three balls and paired wavy bands, an unofficial imperial Ottoman emblem. The Cleveland Museum of Art