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OFFSET KNOTTING: WHERE AND WHY?
 WOVEN STRUCTURES UPDATE - Part 7 7.A - Offset Knotting: Where and Why? Although offset knotting in rugs or bags has sometimes been noted in passing, there has rarely been much discussion of reasons for the feature or its possible use in making attributions. On these pages, Daniel Deschuyteneer and I will be collecting examples from around the rug-producing areas so that we can examine and compare the practices. We will welcome additional photos and comments. Jaf Kurd bags from western Persia (r... - http://www.marlamallett.com/offset_knotting.htm 14/09/2004 - Category: Basics - More from this publisher
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CENTER FOR ANATOLIAN ETHNOGRAPHY AND TEXTILE STUDIES IN ISTANBUL - JOSEPHINE POWELL
PROJECT
 Center for Anatolian Ethnography and Textile Studies in Istanbul 1 An exciting project is now unfolding in Istanbul! Josephine Powell's exceptional collection of Anatolian textiles and ethnographic objects, along with her extensive photo archives, field research notes and library will form the core of a new and unique center devoted to the study of village and nomadic life. I would like to tell you a little about this remarkable 80-year-old woman, from my perspective as a personal friend. Then ... - http://www.marlamallett.com/powell.htm 14/09/2004 - Category: Culture - More from this publisher
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SAROUK: CARPETS AND RUGS, ANTIQUE
 Sarouk (Sarough) Sarouk is a name of a village situated about 25 miles north of Arak (Sultan Abad). This region became one of the most active regions of carpet weaving in the late 19 th Century through early 20 th Century. Originally center medallion motifs were adapted, as in the competitive market of Kashan, but on early 20 th Century vast number of Sarouks were exported to the American market, with all over floral patterns. Weaving on a workshop base continues today, but the output bears no ... - http://www.metropolitancarpet.com/body_sarouk__carpets_and_rugs__anti.html 14/09/2004 - Category: Persian - More from this publisher
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WOVEN STRUCTURES UPDATE - BY MARLA MALLETT
 Woven Structures Update Marla Mallett I suppose it was inevitable that as soon as my book, WOVEN STRUCTURES was sent off to the printer, intriguing new technical features would pop up everywhere. A mysterious rug and yastik appeared... Then some extraordinarily complex selvages... Then Kyrgyz and Yomut weavings with strange features... And more! My second edition has incorporated a few of these, but new features continue to appear! To share new findings, I will be posting occasional research no... - http://www.marlamallett.com/updates.htm 14/09/2004 - Category: Basics - More from this publisher
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WOVEN STRUCTURES UPDATE - PART SIX
 , , , , , , or WOVEN STRUCTURES UPDATE - Part 6 Kurdish Twill-Tapestry Covers from Djezire Mehmet Kili, of Antwerp, has assembled an interesting group of Kurdish twill covers and curtains that have not, to my knowledge, been previously published. They are dramatic pieces with austere designing that come from villages south of Djezire (in Turkish: Cizre) in southeastern Anatolia near the point where the Syrian, Iraqi and Turkish borders meet. The pieces collected by Mehmet were woven by Goyan Ku... - http://www.marlamallett.com/up-six.htm 14/09/2004 - Category: Basics - More from this publisher
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WOVEN STRUCTURES UPDATE - PART 3
, , , , , , or WOVEN STRUCTURES UPDATE - Part 3 A Sticky Terminology Question: Yarn Singles Confusion over what to call two unplied yarns used together in weavings has caused more ambiguities and errors in rug analyses than almost any other terminology issue. Almost everybody correctly identifies a warp or weft yarn like that on the left below as a TWO-PLY WOOL YARN . But after that, the problems begin. A spun fiber like the one in the middle (below) is properly called a WOOL SINGLE , or a sing... - http://www.marlamallett.com/up-three.htm 14/09/2004 - Category: Basics - More from this publisher
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WOVEN STRUCTURES UPDATE - PART 2
 , , , , , , or WOVEN STRUCTURES UPDATE - Part 2 A Kyrgyz Rug?...or Band?...or Bands? John Sommer recently showed me a very beautiful and interesting old Kyrgyz weaving which he purchased in Bishkek in 1997. It consists of four sewn-together bands, with asymmetrically- knotted pile and single wefts between rows of knotting. Our discussion inevitably centered on whether this was a tent band chopped into pieces and assembled, or a piece planned as a rug initially and simply made in narrow sections... - http://www.marlamallett.com/up-two.htm 14/09/2004 - Category: Basics - More from this publisher
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THE TERMINOLOGY TANGLE: ANOTHER VIEW, BY MARLA MALLETT
 In the mid 1980's, the hottest debates in rug circles centered on whether or not Irene Emery's Primary Structures of Fabrics formed a practical basis for pile-rug and tribal flatweave descriptions. John Wertime, as the best informed of the "structuralists," led the charge on one side and vigorously promoted specific methods for applying the Emery system to rug analyses. Although Wertime still prefers the Emery methodology, he is to be commended for moderating his approach in recent ye... - http://www.marlamallett.com/wertime.htm 14/09/2004 - Category: Basics - More from this publisher
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EGYPTIAN VILLAGE TAPESTRIES: THE WISSAWASSEF TAPESTRY EXPERIMENT
 Egyptian Village Tapestries The Harrania Workshops of Ramses Wissa Wassef & Fouad El Awadly In 1951, Egyptian architect and educator Ramses Wissa Wassef embarked upon an experiment in creativity which would become universally acclaimed. He set out to prove that creativity was innate that anyone could produce art. He had become discouraged by the general decline of creativity in 20th century urban culture and dismayed by the deadening influence of mass production. He felt that routine educat... - http://www.marlamallett.com/wissawas2.htm 14/09/2004 - Category: Miscellaneous - More from this publisher
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MAHAL: ANTIQUE ORIENTAL RUGS; ANTIQUE ORIENTAL RUG, SULTANABAD
 Mahal In an unusual manner the term Mahal is does not refer to a village or province, but most probably it refers to Mahallat, a village located on the southern part of Arak region. Possibly, at some time in the past, loosely woven carpets with a floppy handle and cotton foundations were produced in and around this village. Although Mahal carpets are of average quality, it is worth remembering that the price of a carpet is not determined by its knot count and that color and design are of greate... - http://www.metropolitancarpet.com/body__mahal__antique_oriental_rugs_.html 14/09/2004 - Category: Persian - More from this publisher
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