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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Selendi 'scorion' rug, west Anatolia, mid-17th century, 112x178cm. St Margaret's Church (inv 111), Mediaş, Romania. Formerly in the Lutheran Church
of Richis, - Reichesdorf

 

illustrated in Stefano Ionescu's "Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania"

 

http://www.transylvanianrugs.com