Women in old Azerbaijan in the Caucasus stitched beauty into everything, even their potholders. Who would expect to find these domestic treasures from around the beginning of the 20th century still around today? But I did in an antique shop in the old city of Baku and in such good nick I don't think they served too much time holding the cooking pots. Maybe they were part of a dowry and kept lovingly for very special occasions and very special pots.