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

 

A London gallery owner acquired this vibrant early 19th-century Kuba rug (lot 155) for DM 50,000, despite intense bidding from Italian and Swiss contenders at Rippon Boswell’s Major Spring Sale on May 20, 2000.