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


CAUCASIAN KAZAK KARACHOP / KARACHOV RUGS, AZERBAIJAN

 


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Kazak Karachop (Qaraçöp) Rug
CODE: KZKCH03
Size: 142x155cm
Size (ft): 4'7"x5'1"
Area: 2.2 m2
Density: 120 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Design: A
large centered octagonal ivory medallion with two small rectangles above and two below the medallion, in a aqua green field
Caucasian Kazak Karachop Rug (also mistakenly named as Karachopf)
CODE: KZKCH02
Size: 200x290cm
Size (ft): 6'7" x 9'6"
Area: 5.8 m2
Density: 105 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: A large octagonal medallion flanked by squares and four star-filled rectangles in ivory, royal blue, gold, rust, and blue-green on the green  field in a broad polychrome zig zagged semi-tarantula motif main border
Caucasian Kazak Karachop Rug (Karachopf, Karatchopf, Karachoph)
CODE: KZKCH05
Size: 205x273cm
Size (ft): 6'8"x8'11"
Area: 5.76 m2
Density: 106 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Handwoven in Azerbaijan
Design:
The central field with chequered rectangular panel containing ivory large octagon including three smaller octagons each containing various polychrome elements enclosing two hooked square panels above and below, in a golden main broad border of polychrome quatrefoil arrow head and serrated leaf motives between reciprocal skittle pattern stripes
 


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Caucasian Kazak Karachov (Qaraçöp) Rug
CODE: KZKCH06
Size: 155x215cm
Size (ft): 5'1"x7'0"
Area: 3.33 m2
Density: 120 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Caucasian Kazak Karachoph rug
CODE: KZKCH04
Size: 156x205cm
Size (ft): 5'1"x6'8"
Area: 3.19 m2
Density: 115 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: The green field scattered with various polychrome hooked squares containing stellar flowerheads and geometric motifs around a central rectangular panel containing an ivory octagon with similar small sqaure panels and minor geometric motifs, in a tarantula motif main border between reciprocal skittle-pattern and minor mill-pattern stripes
Caucasian Kazak Karachov (Qaraçöp) Rug
CODE: KZKCH08
Size: 160x210cm
Size (ft): 5'2"x6'10"
Area: 3.36 m2
Density: 110 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
 


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Caucasian Kazak Karachop rug
CODE: KZKCH11
Size: 170x240cm
Size (ft): 5'7"x7'10"
Area: 4.08 m2
Density: 90 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Caucasian Kazak Karachop Rug
CODE: KZKCH12
Size: 146x200cm
Size (ft): 4'9"x6'6"
Area: 2.92 m2
Density: 95 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Design: A classic octagonal medallion on a green field decorated with various tribal elements
Kazak Karachop (Qaraçöp) Rug
CODE: KZKCH07
Size: 163x245cm
Size (ft): 5'4"x8'0"
Area: 4 m2
Density: 120 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
 


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Kazak Karachop Rug (Karachopf)
CODE: KZKCH09
Size: 163x248cm
Size (ft): 5'4"x8'1"
Area: 4.04 m2
Density: 120 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Kazak Karachop Rug (also mistakenly named as Karachopf)
CODE: KZKCH13
Size: 305x400cm
Size (ft): 10'0"x13'1"
Area: 12.2 m2
Density: 106 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Handwoven in Azerbaijan
Kazak Karachop Rug (also mistakenly named as Karachopf)
CODE: KZKCH10
Size: 160x195cm
Size (ft): 5'3"x6'4"
Area: 3.12 m2
Density: 106 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Design: An octagonal medallion surrounded by four rectangles with star figures inside in a green field filled with different Turkic elements in an ivory bug motif main border
 


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Kazak Karachop Rug
CODE: KZKCH01
Size: 186x196cm
Size (ft): 6'1"x6'5"
Area: 3.64 m2
Density: 101 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, weld, spurge, indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Handwoven in Azerbaijan

Kazak Karachop Rug, dated AH 1432 (2011 AD)
CODE: KZKCH14
Size: 189x195cm
Size (ft): 6'2"x6'4"
Area: 3.64 m2
Density: 101 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, weld (Reseda Luteola), indigo, pomegranate skins, walnut husks
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and madder dyed red wefts
Handwoven in Azerbaijan