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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Antique Baku rug, "Khila Buta (Boteh)" design, Eastern Azerbaijan. The Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm (The house once belonged to the Count and Countess von Hallwyl (Swedish bourgeois family), but was donated to the Swedish state in 1920 to eventually become a museum)