About the Antique Rugs of the Future Project

 Sheep Breeds of Azerbaijan

 Shearing, Sorting, Washing, Carding, Spinning

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 Rediscovery of Ancient Natural Dyes		 Our Natural Dyestuffs

 Mordants

 Difference between synthetically and naturally dyed rugs

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Small pattern Holbein carpet, early 16th century. Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey. city parish church, Mediash, Romania, no. 12. An example of playful color distribution. 148 x 270 cm

image courtesy: www.rugtracker.com, John Taylor

 

Unknown artist (or Juan Pantoja de la Cruz), The Somerset House Conference, ?1604, Oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, London