Oriental carpet design. A Guide to Traditional Motifs, Patterns and Symbols /
Узоры восточного ковра. Путеводитель по традиционным мотивам, образам и символам
Год: 2007
Автор: Ford P.R.J. / Форд П.Р.Д.
Жанр: Монография.
Издательство: London: Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN: 978-0-500-27664-8
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF
Качество: Отсканированные страницы + слой распознанного текста
Интерактивное оглавление: Да
Количество страниц: 356
Описание: Книга представляет собой обзор восточных ковров от Балкан до Пекина. Автор структурировал обширный материал не по месту производства ковра, а по характерным особенностям используемых узоров и образов. На иллюстрациях представлены многочисленные примеры современных типов ковров, с их отличительными особенностями в технике выделки, материалов, размеров, окраски. Во введении дана история восточного ковроткачества. К книге прилагается обширный и детализированный указатель. Всего представлено около 800 иллюстраций, 400 из которых – цветные.
"These are just a few of the hundreds of points that arc considered in this comprehensive survey by P.R.J. Ford who, drawing on his many years of experience in the trade, shows how to recognize the different structural and design features of oriental rugs and carpets. The full range of designs used throughout the Orient - from the Balkans to Peking - are grouped not according to place of origin but according to the essential characteristics of the designs themselves. This approach illuminates the cultural background of each design, revealing at once the similarities and the differences between the interpretations of the various carpet-weaving areas. The author shows the vital influence that the ethnographic histories of the various carpetproducing regions exercised over all important designs. Yet he is basically concerned with the present, with the millions of oriental carpets on sale today. Illustrations of representative examples of modern types, with descriptions of their key characteristics construction, materials, sizes, colours and of the clues which establish a rug's precise origins, appear together with a balanced appraisal of the qualities, good or bad, of modern production from any one town, village or tribal area. The Introduction presents an account of the general history and essential features of oriental carpets. Extensive cross-referencing and detailed indexes make this a doubly invaluable reference guide for the professional user or for anyone who has an appreciation of and an interest in the rugs of the Orient".
Оглавление
Preface and acknowledgements 7
I. INTRODUCTION 9
How to identify an oriental carpet by its design 10
Classification of oriental carpet designs 11
Fineness of weave 12
Design conditions 12
Rug identification : the professional approach 15
The nature of the rug 15
Materials used 16
Structure 16
The knot 16
The warps and wefts 18
The selvedge 22
The fringe 23
Size and shape 23
The colours 23
1. Dyes t u f f s 23
2. Materials 27
3. Washing 27
4. Age and condition 27
Values of oriental carpets 28
Carpet sizes and names 29
A note on knot counts 30
Dates and signatures in carpets 31
New Chinese carpets: structural note 32
The historical origins of carpets and carpet designs 33
New oriental copies of Persian designs 37
Symbolism in oriental carpet design 38
Pronunciation of place names 40
II. BORDER DESIGNS 41
III. UNIVERSAL DESIGNS 51
1. The boteh 52
2. The Herati pattern 74
3. Tree designs 106
4. Vase designs 118
5. Prayer-rug designs 126
6. Garden and panel designs 144
7. Picture designs; animal and bird designs 156
IV. GEOMETRIC DESIGNS 173
1. Geometric all-over designs 174
2. Geometric repeating medallion designs 208
3. Geometric medallion-plain designs 238
4. Geometric medallion/all-over designs 250
V. FLORAL DESIGNS 269
1. Floral medallion/all-over designs 270
2. Floral medallion-plain designs 308
3. Floral all-over designs 324
Select bibliography 342
Maps 343
Index of carpet origins illustrated 348
General index 349
