Monday, December 29, 2014

Underpinnings, c. 1900-1903

http://blog.fidmmuseum.org/museum/2014/06/underpinnings-c-1900-1903.html

Friday, December 26, 2014

Rabari Nuances – Textiles from the Salt Desert

http://wovensouls.org/2014/12/25/rabari-nuances/

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Conservation in the Hermitage. Through the Prism of Time - Video

The video is accompanying the exhibition ‘Conservation in the Hermitage. Through the Prism of Time’ (29.10.2014 - 22.02.2015) and introduces the viewers to the work of the restorers of the Laboratory for Scientific Restoration of Textiles
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=891914510842280&set=vb.250763358290735&type=2&theater

Friday, December 12, 2014

Iroquois Whimsies

Once discarded as collectible, Iroquois Whimsies are tourist trade items created in the late 18th century by the Mohawks near Montreal and the Tuscarora of Niagara Falls. Items include pincushions, purses, picture frames, needle cases and other ornate wall hangings exhibiting the raised beading technique.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152266363638377&set=a.10152266363483377.1073741887.727298376&type=1&theater

Silks for Sultans Outstanding Examples - Photos

Click on the photo to see next image.
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

TOOLS and TECHNOLOGIES -1

http://talking-interior-design.blogspot.in/2014/12/tools-and-technologies-1.html

ARMENIAN COCHINEAL - Photo

ARMENIAN CARPET - The red dye used in this carpet is unique to the Armenian Highlands. The dye is made from Armenian cochineal, an insect native to the Ararat plain and Aras (Araks) River valley in the Armenian Highlands.
https://www.facebook.com/Art.of.Armenia/photos/pcb.737061469720781/737051043055157/?type=1&theater

Cochineal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

“Star of the Magi” (8-pointed star)

This page is filled with discussions and examples of the “Star of the Magi” (8-pointed star) important to Iranian art, architecture and philosophy since antiquity as readily seen in Persian carpets in the form of a center medallion… even the lotus may be viewed in that regards… but why 8?
https://www.facebook.com/145291692218257/photos/a.161034363977323.42510.145291692218257/690604601020294/?type=1&theater

5 Interpretations for The Meaning of the Tree of Life

The essence and meaning of the Tree of Life in many modern interpretations is believed to connect all forms of creation. The image is widely thought to represent the Divine Creator, and it is revered as the representation of the interconnectedness of all sentient beings. Today’s interpretation is an excellent summation of the various mythical and religious interpretations the Tree of Life throughout history.
http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/12/09/5-ancient-interpretations-meaning-tree-life/

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

PAZYRYK CARPET - Photos

PAZYRYK CARPET - Of Armenian origin, the Pazyryk carpet, the oldest, single, surviving knotted carpet in existence, excavated from a frozen tomb in Siberia, dated from the 5th to the 3rd century BC.
https://www.facebook.com/Art.of.Armenia/photos/a.757295911030670.1073741859.355288647898067/757295954363999/?type=1&theater

Monday, December 8, 2014

Talismanic Shirt - Photos

This 16th-century Ottoman talismanic shirt (above) is covered in a variety of astonishingly intricate scripts, including Muhaqqaq, Naskh, Ghubar, Thuluth and square Kufic. Paper-thin, it would have conveyed a spiritual protection to the wearer far more powerful than any chainmail. This shirt, with its decoration, parallels a group of similar Ottoman shirts in the Topkapi Saray Museum, all dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, with the crescent moon and cypress trees so common in 16th-century Ottoman styles.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4221901446384&set=o.280538935359556&type=1&theater

Ottoman Talismanic shirt (jama) with extracts from the Qur’an and prayers. Turkey, 16th/17th century.

This is an unusual and finely executed Qur’an jama. The basic layout related to other jamas of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with a large number of panels and roundels containing Qur’anic quotations, pious phrases, prayers and talismanic numbers, but here their arrangement is unusually varied and inventive, with a number of distinctly Ottoman features such as the architectural references on the reverse of the jama with a large door flanked by Kufic cartouches on two sides and tilework above. What is also particularly noteworthy is the accomplished quality of the calligraphy, which is executed in a number of different scripts, and retains a confident aesthetic in even its most minute form. The amalgamation of all the decorative and calligraphic styles is a technique visible on other comparable talismanic shirts including the jama of Cem Sultan (TKS13/1404, see Roxburgh 2005, pp.300-1, no.257) and that of Mehmed II (TKS13/1408, published in Palace of Gold and Light, Treasures from the Topkapi, exhib. cat, Istanbul, 2000
https://www.facebook.com/506010889476343/photos/a.506015819475850.1073741828.506010889476343/565691660174932/?type=1&theater

Opulent Clothing Unearthed in Ming Dynasty Tomb

http://www.livescience.com/49041-clothing-unearthed-ming-dynasty-tomb.html

Ornate Clothing from the Ming Dynasty Unearthed in China (Photos)

http://www.livescience.com/49044-clothing-unearthed-china-tomb-ming-dynasty.html

My First Purchase – Fulani Wedding Blanket

http://manolosonamission.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/my-first-purchase-fulani-wedding-blanket/

Sunday, December 7, 2014

From Silk to Synthetic Phulkari: The Long Journey of a Period Textile - Photo

If you love the exquisite counted-thread embroidery of the Hazara Phulkari from Pakistan, this research paper (From Silk to Synthetic Phulkari: The Long Journey of a Period Textile) by Dr. Shabnam Bahar Malik, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan, is an interesting read.
http://www.ijhssnet.com/journals/Vol_1_No_16_November_2011/31.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/adventuresstextiles/photos/a.514353205323648.1073741825.358203087605328/605879209504380/?type=1&theater

"Tulipes Hollandaises" (textile) - Photo

"Tulipes Hollandaises" (textile)
Design House: House of Worth
(French, 1858–1956)
https://www.facebook.com/EgyptianTextileMuseum/photos/a.282070578539725.67611.280538935359556/811363455610432/?type=1&theater

Nanbu Sakiori - Sumiko Inoue, the Aomori Craft Master - Video

‘Sakiori’ is a woven fabric that is produced from worn out cloth and garments torn thinly and then woven tightly into clothing and other products for daily use. Sakiori is woven with warps of cotton and wefts of thin worn out cloth. These fabrics are durable and warm, turning softer in texture with use.During the Edo Era, cultivation and availability of cotton was hard due to the cold climate in the Nanbu region in eastern Aomori. Therefore, cherished cloth was re-used as materials for weaving Kotatsu-gake or warm blankets, warm working clothes, Obi for Kimono, and so forth. Such work constituted manual labour for women during slack seasons on the farm.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=762559140505209&set=vb.135294296565033&type=2&theater

SHONAI SASHIKO BY YUICHI ONODERA - Video

SHONAI SASHIKO BY YUICHI ONODERA

The vertical, horizontal, and diagonal stitches in Shonai Sashiko create geometrical patterns, making for a beautiful and strong fabric.
There are about 40 different basic patterns including Kome-sashi (rice pattern ), Uroko-sashi(scale pattern), Hishi-sashi(rhomb pattern) and Soroban-sashi (abacus pattern), which can indicate many things such as women's wish for good harvest, large catch, business prosperity and affection toward their family members. The traditional methods are upheld, sewing stitch by stitch on a blue cloth with unbleached white threads. These works have recently received high praise for their heartwarming beauty.
Source: http://www.pref.yamagata.jp/ou/shokokanko/110010/kogeihin-en/cate12-01.html

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