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Azerbaijani Rugs Bring Some Uniqueness To Your Interior

"Bespoke Carpets And The Fun Of Designing Your Own Oriental Rug"

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Azerbaijani weaving seeks revival after decades of neglect by Charles Recknagel"

"Drawing Oriental carpet designs is an art form of its own" by Charles Recknagel

Bruce Fry's needlepoint oriental rugs

The advantages of handspun yarn to machine spun yarn

The differen
ce between synthetic and natural dyes


The Treasure of Forgotten Weavings by Vugar Dadashov
stucture of the V & A Museum Ardebil carpet (Sheikh Safi carpet)
The history of the Ardebil carpet (Sheikh Safi al-din Shrine carpet)

Carpets Made to Last -
A Walk Through Baku's National Carpet Museum

Millions of Threads - The Portrait Carpets of Kamil Aliyev

State Visits, State Gifts - Memorializing the Clintons in Carpets

Shusha - Heartbeat of Karabakh (Famous for its carpets and horses)

Khinalig -
Linguists' Dream, Invaders' Nightmare

Readers' Forum - View From Malaysia

Making Sense of Azerbaijan's Legends

Azerbaijan Carpet Book

Taking Art Out of Azerbaijan

Sheki - Paradise in the Caucasus Foothills

The design of the V & A Museum Ardebil carpet (Sheikh Safi al-din Shrine carpet)

Metropolitan Museum to open renovated Islamic Galleries ile Art of the Caucasus

Stars and Octagons - Possibly Karabagh region, circa 1700

Cartouches and Stars - early 18th century

Hook Karabagh region (?) - south-west Caucasus, circa 1700

'Shield' Carpet Shirvan region, eastern Caucasus, 17th century

Lattice, Palmette and Sickle-Leaf Carpet - early 18th century

The Toms Dragon Carpet - Shirvan region, late 17th century
 

Catch a falling star 

Azerbaijan Art of Carpet-Making...

Carpet trade in Azerbaijan...

Brief Information on Azeri Carpets...

Everlasting Art...

Carpet types of Azerbaijan

Carpet Weaving Regions of Azerbaijan (with a detailed map of each region)

Aspects of the contemporary ethnic situation in Azerbaijan

Bibliography on Azerbaijan carpets (in Azeri) - pdf file

Call for producing vivid handmade carpets

A land of magic colors

A useful article to judge quality in Oriental Rugs (Emmet Eiland's Rug Company)

New or Old rugs (Emmet Eiland's Rug Company)

Some Observations on Color in Early Carpets

The Persian Garden