Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs
Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs
Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs
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CENTRAL ASIA – Uzbekistan<br />
Ikat Hanging or Cover (Parda)<br />
Early 20 th Century<br />
Ferghana Valley<br />
Silk warp-faced ikat, plain silk.<br />
155.6 x 198 cm 45½ x 78 in<br />
This parda is composed <strong>of</strong> three loom widths, 38 cm<br />
(18 in) wide, <strong>of</strong> all-silk satin ikat, which represents<br />
a very small percentage <strong>of</strong> surviving ikats. It seems<br />
likely that creating these in a satin weave was a<br />
late innovation. It features five colors: natural white,<br />
yellow, crimson, light green and purple. With the<br />
possible exception <strong>of</strong> the yellow dye, the others are<br />
clearly chemical. It is backed with a red-dyed,<br />
handspun and woven cotton fabric, and edged with<br />
standard Ferghana-style striped all-silk (shoi) ikat,<br />
cut on the bias. This textile probably dates to between<br />
1910 and 1920. It has an exuberant wave-like<br />
patterning consonant with its vivid colors.<br />
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