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Persian flatweaves : a survey of flatwoven floor covers and hangings and royal masnads

Title
Persian flatweaves : a survey of flatwoven floor covers and hangings and royal masnads / Parviz Tanavoli ; translated from Persian to English by Amin Neshati.
Author
Tanavoli, Parviz
Publication
  • Woodbridge : Antique Collectors' Club, [2002]
  • ©2002

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Description
350 pages : color illustrations, color maps, 1 portrait; 28 cm
Summary
"The book is divided into two parts. The first deals with the cultural background to the subject. Drawing on literary sources as well as surviving examples, it describes the long history of flatweaves, showing their relation to pile weaves. The second part of the book deals with the different types of flatweave in turn: gelim, palas, weft-wrapped weaves, zilu and jajim. It also covers the range of uses to which they were put."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Kilims > Iran
  • Floor coverings > Iran
  • Wall hangings > Iran
  • Floor coverings > Iran > History
  • Floor coverings industry > Iran > History
  • Floor coverings
  • Floor coverings industry
  • Kilims
  • Wall hangings
  • Kelims
  • Weven
  • Iran
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-342) and index.
Contents
Background. Land and People. Flatweaves in Ancient Persia. Reasons for the Scarcity of Old Persian Flatweaves. Schools of Weaving -- Terminology and Categorization of Flatweaves. Corruption of Textile Terminology. Changes in Political Borders. Problems of Categorization. Traditions in Naming -- General Uses of Pile-weave and Flatweave. The Importance of Function and Location. Flatweaving, Poverty and Asceticism. Royal Flatweaves. City Dwellers and Flatweaves. Trade and the Export of Flatweaves -- Gelim. The Gelim in Persian Literature. The Safavid Gelim. Varieties of Gelim in Iran -- Palas. Problems of Definition and the Determination of Geographical Areas. Varieties of Palas -- Weft-wrapping. The Caucasus. Sumak, Suzani or Weft-wrapping. Mahfuri. Varieties of Weft-wrapping. Weft-wrapping in Iran -- Zilu. Maibod -- Jajim. Azarbaijan. The Talesh and the Tat. Fars and Bakhtiari. Mowj. Shisha-Derma. Khorasan -- Carpet on Carpet. Zavareh, Mohammadiyeh. Masnad. Suzani -- Hanging Flatweaves. Pardeh. Tomb Covers and Coffin Covers.
ISBN
  • 1851493352
  • 9781851493357
OCLC
  • ocm43541512
  • 43541512
  • SCSB-1266644
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library