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Kaitag
Art For Life, Embroidered Textiles from Daghestan
Edited by Carlo Scaramuzza. Text by Robert Chenciner, Luigi Molinis, Moshe Tabibnia.
Daghestan is a largely inaccessible and mountainous part of the Caucasus region. Its multi-ethnic population have created a remarkably vibrant textile tradition known as Kaitag: rectangular fabric panels embroidered with vividly colored silks and incorporating Zoroastrian, Muslim, Christian, Jewish and pagan symbolism. Kaitag presents 60 examples of these rare textiles from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.5 x 10.75 in. / 152 pgs / 100 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $40.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $50 ISBN: 9788836617999 PUBLISHER: Silvana Editoriale AVAILABLE: 3/31/2011 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR ME
Kaitag Art For Life, Embroidered Textiles from Daghestan
Published by Silvana Editoriale. Edited by Carlo Scaramuzza. Text by Robert Chenciner, Luigi Molinis, Moshe Tabibnia.
Daghestan is a largely inaccessible and mountainous part of the Caucasus region. Its multi-ethnic population have created a remarkably vibrant textile tradition known as Kaitag: rectangular fabric panels embroidered with vividly colored silks and incorporating Zoroastrian, Muslim, Christian, Jewish and pagan symbolism. Kaitag presents 60 examples of these rare textiles from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.
