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

CENTRAL ASIA – Uzbekistan
Length of Silk Velvet Ikat (left)
(Bakhmal or Makhmal)
Late 19 th Century
Bukhara
Full loom width with selvedges on both sides.
34 x 61 cm 13½ x 24 in
The extraordinary richness of the dyes and talent of the
dyers is highlighted in these textiles. The same motif
repeats in offset rows, enlivened by the alternating colors
and the appearance of a central motif in one of them.
There are six colors: natural white, red, yellow, blue
and green, suggesting three dye baths. Its selvedges are
purple and white. It is interesting that where the warp
threads were originally folded, before tying and dyeing,
is a very fine and undistracting, and the motif is
completely sustained across it.
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Length of Silk Velvet Ikat (Bakhmal or Makhmal)
Late 19 th Century
Bukhara
Full loom width with selvedges on both sides.
33 x 91 cm 13 x 36 in
This ikat is formatted similar to the previous one in that
it involves one motif with one complete row versus two
halves in offset rows. They are clearly conceived for careful
alignment to achieve the best effect when several loom
widths are placed side-by-side. The medallion here has
botehs at each corner. There are six colors: natural white,
red, yellow, blue, green and purple, requiring four dye
baths. Its selvedges have green, white and pink stripes.
Silk Velvet Ikat Fragment (right)
Late 19 th Century
Bukhara
Incomplete loom width, missing selvedges.
18 x 46 cm 7 x 18 in
Here we find pairs of botehs above and below the
incomplete medallion, and four more inside each minor
medallion, making this motif, derived from the Kashmir
shawl, the major element of this velvet. There are five
colors: natural white, red, yellow, blue and green, with
blue and green here weaker than in the other two velvets.