From fleece, yarn, and dyeing to looms and weaves, the visual language, tribal weavers, and meaning, origins, and aesthetics of the kilim, this book provides an ideal and up-to-date summary of the subject.
It is illustrated with over 80 colorful examples, fine ethnographic photographs, and drawings that explain structural features and designs. 80 col. 70 b+w illusBook Description
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Photographs reflect the personal expression evident in each rug...[and] it gives a voice to the tribal women who weave them. (Phoenix Home & Garden, Meghan Walsh)
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Peter Davies's Turkana Gallery specializes in kilims. He lives in New York City.
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In the ancient rhythm of Anatolian pastoral life one of the major beats is spring sheep-shearing time, when the shearers, usually the men of the household, clip and turn back the matted wool and then, seeming to roll the sheep out of its coat, produce the fleece, a pelt-like mass of intermeshed raw wool. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sade mode, stacked hexagons, prayer kilims, sketched reconstructions, kilim motifs, varicolored stripes, kilim designs, tribal weavers, tent surrounds, kilim weaving, antique kilims, weaving regions, weaving tradition, reed screen, ground loom, drop spindle, plain weave, natural dyestuffs, tapestry weave, weaving technology, design tradition, madder red, synthetic dyes, dyed yarns, weaving technique Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Central Asian, Near East, Mother Goddess, Bronze Age, Nigde Province, World War New!
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In the ancient rhythm of Anatolian pastoral life one of the major beats is spring sheep-shearing time, when the shearers, usually the men of the household, clip and turn back the matted wool and then, seeming to roll the sheep out of its coat, produce the fleece, a pelt-like mass of intermeshed raw wool. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sade mode, stacked hexagons, prayer kilims, sketched reconstructions, kilim motifs, varicolored stripes, kilim designs, tribal weavers, tent surrounds, kilim weaving, antique kilims, weaving regions, weaving tradition, reed screen, ground loom, drop spindle, plain weave, natural dyestuffs, tapestry weave, weaving technology, design tradition, madder red, synthetic dyes, dyed yarns, weaving technique Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Central Asian, Near East, Mother Goddess, Bronze Age, Nigde Province, World War New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with Special Reference to the Aegean by E.J.W. Barber in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- On Weaving (Dover Craft Books) by Anni Albers in Back Matter
- Symmetries of Culture: Theory and Practice of Plane Pattern Analysis by Dorothy K. Washburn in Back Matter
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