Folk Designs from the Caucasus for Weaving and Needlework
by Lyatif Kerimov
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"One of the world's great weaving traditions has been preserved in Azerbaijan, a "republic" of the Soviet Union that borders on Iran. The wealth of motifs still actively used today by Azerbaijani weavers has been drawn from many Asiatic and even ancient East European sources... In 1961 the native scholar Lyatif Kerimov published hundreds of Azerbaijani motifs in clear diagrammatic form. The present volume includes most these motifs..."--title page verso.Tags
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this is a classic carpet weaving pattern book published in paperback by Dover. it shows, in detail the patterns and designs used in Thr making of handmade carpets in Azerbaijan , a republic of the old Soviet Union that borders on Irann . this is a compendium of motifs and patterns I diagrammatic form. it is useful for anyone who is a keen needle worker and at the same time documents in diagrammatic format the designs and so is useful to anyone wishing to study handcrafted carpets from a traditional centre. the focus is on patterns so no amplifying text nor photographs of actual carpets, Useful all The same,
120 pages of designs
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- Original publication date
- 1974
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- Azerbeidzjan
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