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Publisher: The Textile Museum Textile Museum 
 The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. is dedicated to the study, preservation, interpretation, and exhibition of over 5,000 years of the textile arts of non-Western cultures. Its Web site provides an artful taste of the museum's collection, featuring online versions of current exhibitions, a calendar of events, an overview of the museum's Textile Learning Center, and annotated links. An additional resource is the" Care and Display" section with information about conservation consultations and four complete pamphlets which cover pest control and also the care, storage, and hanging of textiles. http://www.textilemuseum.org/ Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jan 23, 2001 Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets
This site explores pattern and deviations from a pattern in Oriental carpets. Includes a discussion and examples of asymmetry and symmetry-breaking and grids and tessellations, a rug gallery, and a description of rug knots (Turkish and Persian). Also includes a glossary, bibliographies, activities for students, and related material. From the Textile Museum and the Math Forum at Drexel University. http://mathforum.org/geometry/rugs/ Topics: Crafts Last updated Jul 17, 2006 Pieces of a Puzzle: Classical Persian Carpet Fragments
Examples of fragments of 16th and 17th century Persian rugs, including "three principal surviving fragments of one spectacular 16th-century Khorasan rug [which] are reunited in this exhibition. ... These pieces also fit together like a puzzle, allowing us to glimpse the grand scale of the original carpet." Includes an overview of the Khorasan region (in modern Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan), diagrams of rug knotting techniques, and images of carpet fragments. From the Textile Museum. http://www.textilemuseum.org/pieces/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Crafts Last updated Sep 22, 2008 |
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