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
 

 

Back To Medieval Period (476-1453) Carpets


 

 

Timurid carpet fragment, XIV-XV centuries, Central Asia. Benaki Museum, Athens

 

 


A reconstruction of the above rug

 

 

 

Image courtesy: John Taylor, rugtracker.com