Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs

CENTRAL ASIA – Uzbekistan
Ikat Hanging or Cover (Parda)
ca. 1880
Bukhara
Half silk (silk warps, cotton wefts) warp-faced
ikat, all-silk cloth, handspun and handwoven
Indian cotton, Russian machine-printed
trade cloth.
150 x 215 cm 59 x 84¾ in
This parda is equipped with cotton ties that appear
to be original, suggesting that it was used as a hanging.
It is constructed out of five and a half loomwidths,
27.4 cm (10¾ in) wide, save for two small patches
from other ikats completing the length of the half
loomwidth. This piece also retains significant amounts
of its egg-white glaze, useful in protecting these
expensive articles from stains. The backing consists of
floral Russian machine printed cloth, and handspun,
handwoven striped cotton cloth imported from Bombay,
with both the company and duty stamp present. This
ikat displays seven colors: natural white, light and
rose red, yellow, blue, green and purple, indicating the
need for four dye baths.
148
Ikat Hanging or Cover (Parda)
Late 19 th Century
Ferghana Valley
Silk warp-faced ikat, all-silk cloth,
Russian machine-printed trade cloth.
98 x 211 cm 38½ x 83 in
This parda is lightly quilted indicating its use as
a coverlet. Its all-silk (shoi) ikat comprises one
complete loomwidth of 38.4 cm (15 1/ 8 in) and one
partial loomwidth of 30.5 cm (12 in ). It is
accompanied on the two long sides by shoi cloth in two
shades of purple, approximately 14.5 (5¾ in) wide,
and the edge finish is taken from two other all-silk
ikats, cut on the bias. It is backed with Russian
machine-printed cloth.