Colors of the oasis : Central Asian ikats / [edited by] Sumru Belger Krody ; with essays by Feza Çakmut ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)

Contributor:

Krody, Sumru Belger.

Çakmut, Feza.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Megalli, Murad.

Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.).

Ikat--Asia, Central--History--Exhibitions.

Ikat.

Megalli, Murad--Art collections--Exhibitions.

Ikat--Washington (D.C.)--Exhibitions.

Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)--Exhibitions.

Art museums.

History.

Washington (D.C.).

Central Asia.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

303 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Textile Museum, [2010]

Summary:

"Ikats derive their name from the technique used to create them, wherein parts of the warp or weft are protected in order to resist dye... The resulting textiles are recognized for their daring, often large designs, clever color combinations and dazzling palettes... 185 ikat textiles [are presented here] from the collection donated to The Textile Museum since 2005 by Murad Megalli of Istanbul." --Publisher's web site.

Contents:

Abr fabrics of Uzbekistan / Sayera Makhkamova

The many lives of ikat / Kate Fitz Gibbon

Central Asian ikats : origins and sources of design / Andrew Hale

Oasis style / Sumru Belger Krody

The Russian connection : printed-cotton export cloth / Susan Meller

Binding clouds in the twenty-first century : Central Asian ikat today / Mary M. Dusenbury

Catalogue : images and structural information / Sumru Belger Krody

Appendix : Central Asian ikats in the Silahtar treasury at the Topkapi palace museum / Feza Çakmut.

Notes:

Issued in connection with an exhibition held Oct. 13, 2010-Mar. 17, 2011, Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780874050332

0874050332

9780874050349

0874050340

OCLC:

610206394