Many of the objects we use each day were made via the process of weaving, which is an ancient textile art. The clothes on our backs, the blankets we sleep under and the rugs on our floors are just a few of the woven products we use regularly without really stopping to think about how they were made. The truth is that if weaving had never been invented we would still be relying on animal skins to keep us warm.
Weaving started thousands of years ago and still now, the technique has kept much of its original form. Although there are now several tools and modern equipment that can make patterns faster and more evenly, you can still find hand-woven products made from different parts of the globe. You will find that the design will change depending on the source and the creator. Weaving is still very much the same as it was millennia ago.
Publisher: Madras : Printed by the Superintendent Publication date: 1908 Subjects: Rugs -- India Rug and carpet industry -- India Weaving -- India Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
The most authoritative, beautifully illustrated history and overview on the subject of Navajo weavings. This is the definitive book on Navajo textile art, presenting the stunning artistry of esteemed Navajo weavers in over 200 beautiful color plates and historical halftones. Art collectors value not only the beauty of these weavings but also their investment potential, which has risen sharply in recent years. Navajo textiles are outstanding examples of both historic and contemporary primitive art, avidly sought after and collected for more than two hundred years.
This is a comprehensive view of Caucasian pilewoven rugs and flatwoven textiles, following recent research. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the consequent liberation of communication and trade links between the west and the newly independent Caucasian republics has resulted in the release onto the market of previously little-known traditional "heirloom" items, particularly flatwoven covers. The authors of this book argue that these new developments call for a re-evaluation of the subject of Caucasian weaving, and that the flatwoven textiles are the truly traditional products of the region's weaving culture. They also argue that large numbers of Caucasian knotted-pile rugs, which have hitherto been assumed to be early village weavings, are in fact products of large-scale commercial production for the Russian and western markets.
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