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


KUBA PEREPEDIL PRAYER RUGS, AZERBAIJAN

 


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Caucasian Kuba Perepedil Prayer Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Code: KUPER03
Size: 110x120cm
Size (ft)
: 3'7"x3'11"
Area: 1.32 m2
Density: 210 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan
Design: The ivory field scattered with a variety of mythical animals and geometric motifs around alternating ram's horn motifs flanked by hooked dart (or scissors) motifs, an angled keel-arch above, the spandrels with hooked lozenges, "S" and mill motifs, in a indigo blue kufic border.
Caucasian Kuba Pirebedil (Perpedil) Prayer Rug
Code: KUPER06

Size: 115x145cm
Size (ft)
: 3'9"x4'9"
Area: 1.66 m2
Density: 190 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan
Design: The ivory field with overall design of stylised ram-horns, dart-motifs (or scissors) and animals together with palmettes, rosettes, S-motifs and central hooked octagons, an angled keel-arch above, the spandrels with hooked lozenges and camel motives, in broad zig-zag and hooked motifs main border between diagonal striped "Pakhlava" (Traditional Azeri layered pastry with walnut filling) motif minor borders and outer barber-pole stripes.
Caucasian Kuba Perepedil Rug (also Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
CODE: KUPER19
Size: 100x148cm
Size (ft): 3'4"x4'10"
Area: 1.48 m2
Density: 200 000 knots per square meter
Dyes
: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Design: The ivory field with scattered minor flowerheads and stylised motifs around a column of rams' horn and angular panels containing minor motifs flanked by similar designs on either side below an ivory mihrab arch with stylised floral motifs, in a crab motif main border between pakhlava nakhysh motif minor border
 

 


KUBA PEREPEDIL RAM'S HORN DESIGN CAUCASIAN RUGS, AZERBAIJAN

 


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Kuba Pirebedil Rug
CODE: KUPER12

Size: 204x290cm
Size (ft): 6'8"x9'6"
Area: 5.91 m2
Density: 210 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

Kuba Perepedil Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Code: KUPER02
Size:
200x315cm
Size (ft):
6'6"x10'4"
Area:  6.3 m2
Density: 210 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan

Kuba Pirebedil Rug (also mistakenly named as Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Code: KUPER04
Size: 145x245cm
Size (ft)
: 4'9"x8'0"
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan
Design: The indigo field containing stylized turkey and camel elements around central geometric medallions alternating with ram's horn motifs and flanked by hooked dart or scissors motifs, in a kufic border.

 


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Caucasian Kuba Perepedil Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil), original name: Pirebedil
CODE: KUPER20
Size: 160x270cm
Size (ft)
: 5'3"x8'10"
Area: 4.32 m2
Density: 245 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skin, madder
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

Kuba Pirebedil Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil) Rug
Code: KUPER15
Size:
150x208cm
Size (ft): 4'11"x6'9"
Area:  3.12 m2
Density: 220 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate rinds
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Kuba Perpedil Rug (Perepedil, Perepedil, Perpedil), original name: Pirebedil
Code: KUPER11
Size: 158x228cm
Size (ft)
: 5'2"x7'5"
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skin, madder
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan
 

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Caucasian Kuba Pirebedil [18th c. proto type] Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Code: KUPER05
Size: 148x200cm
Size (ft): 4'10"x6'6"
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, walnut husks
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan
Kuba Pirebedil Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
CODE: KUPER13
Size: 126x196cm
Size (ft)
: 4'1"x6'5"
Density: 220 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skin, madder
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan
Caucasian Kuba Perepedil Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Code: KUPER08
Size:
147x186cm
Size (ft): 4'10"x6'1"
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate rinds
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan
 


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Caucasian Kuba Perepedil Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Code: KUPER09
Size:
152x205cm
Size (ft):
4'11"x6'8"
Area:  3.11 m2
Density: 245 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan

Kuba Perepedil Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Pirebedil village, Azerbaijan
Code: KUPER01
Size: 150x205cm
Size (ft)
: 4'11"x6'8"
Area: 3.07 m2
Density: 245 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skin, madder
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan
Design:
The shaded madder red field with overall design stylised ram-horns, scissors, camels, turkeys, animals, S-motifs, in indigo blue kufic border between polychrome panelled and reciprocal skittle-pattern stripes, outer barber-pole and plain stripes

Kuba Pirebedil [18th c. proto type] Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Code: KUPER07
Size: 145x190cm
Size (ft): 4'9"x6'3"
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, walnut husks
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand Woven in Azerbaijan
 


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Kuba Pirebedil Runner (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Code: KUPER16
Size: 79cmx270cm
Size (ft): 2'7"x8'10"
Area: 2.13 m2
Density: 200 000 knots per square meter
Dyes
: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

Kuba Pirebedil Runner (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Code: KUPER17
Size:
77x300cm
Size (ft): 2'6"x9'10"
Area: 2.31 m2
Density: 210 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

KKuba Pirebedil Runner (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Code: KUPER18
Size: 80x253cm
Size (ft): 2'8"x8'3"
Area: 2.02 m2
Density: 220 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

 


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Caucasian Kuba Perepedil Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
CODE: KUPER22
Size:
100x143cm
Size (ft):
3'3"x4'8"
Area:  1.43 m2
Density: 200 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Caucasian Kuba Perepedil Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
CODE: KUPER21
Size: 100x140cm
Size (ft): 3'3"x4'7"
Area: 1.4 m2
Density: 210 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
Caucasian Kuba Perepedil Rug (Perpedel, Perepedil, Perpedil)
Pirebedil village, Azerbaijan
Code: KUPER14
Size:
110x155cm
Size (ft): 3'7"x5'1"
Area:  1.7 m2
Density: 190 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate rinds
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan
 


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Kuba Perepedil Rug
Code: KUPER23
Size:
242x305cm
Size (ft):
8' x 10'
Area: 7.38 m2
Density: 210 000 knots per square meter
Dyes: 100% natural dyes: madder, spurge / euphorbia, indigo, pomegranate skins
Materials: Handcarded and handspun wool for pile, wool warps and cotton wefts
Hand knotted in Azerbaijan

SOLD - can be rewoven within 90 days