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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Star Ushak rug, acquired from Franz Bausback, Mannheim in 1978, 207 x 140 cm, about 1600, Highlands of Anatolia, Turkey, Bausback „Anatolische Knüpfkunst aus 4 Jahrhunderten“ 1978, page 17, Peter Bausback “Antike Orientalische Knüpfkunst“ 1978, page 53, exhibited at TEFAF The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, 1978