UZBEK SILK-COTTON HANDCRAFTED WOVEN IKAT ADRAS FABRIC Start Price USD 69.00 Current Price USD 69.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, October 08, 2008 End Time Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Location TASHKENT See more about 'UZBEK SILK-COTTON HANDCRAFTED WOVEN IKAT ADRAS FABRIC ' Description     UZBEK HANDCRAFTED WOVEN SILK-COTTON IKAT ADRAS FABRIC.  ikat (cloud) adras (blend of silk & cotton) fabric Of all the textile arts of Central Asia it is the ikats that you will probably find the most exciting. The brilliance in color and extraordinary pattern designs are reminiscent of modern painting. Many of the motifs used originated from flowers, fruits, animals, household items and images that were seen in our people's daily lives. The single feature shared by all of these extraordinary pattern textiles is the dyeing process which is undertaken before the individual elements are arranged upon the loom. All ikat cloths have either their warps, their wefts or in rare cases both warps and wefts dyed only in selective areas and only before those threads have been placed upon the loom. The process of preventing the dyes from penetrating  the entire warp or weft is known as 'reserving' or 'resist dyeing' and produces the essential characteristics of ikat cloth. At the points where the reserved areas meet the dyed sections, carefully controlled amounts of color merge with one another randomly creating subtle, slightly blurred patterns. The dyeing technique ensures that each 'cloud' is unique; each nebulous area of conjunction differs slightly from the others, and it is this aesthetic quality which suggests an analogy with clouds. The item is Uzbek silk-cotton ikat adras hand woven fabric. The Ikat pattern of this chapan is connected with an ancient legend about 7 mountains which are drifting in an abyss. There are buildings of gold and nephrite, birds and animals only of white - it was believed to be sacred color. The legend tells pearls and white gems are growing on the trees in these mountains and a delicious fragrance of fruits lingers there. If anybody eats such fruit he would live forever and never die. Immortal people lived happily on the islands. The only thing that troubled them was that the islands were always carried with the waves. When they appealed to God with their problem, He sent huge turtles to their help. Since then these mountains are held on the heads of the huge turtles. This legend was so famous that it provoked some Hans to send many expeditions in search of the mystic mountains. Black zigzags on the pattern symbolize the 7 mountains, and white ones - life on them. This chapan brings health and many years of life to its owner. Measurments:  472" x 14" Condition: excellent. You would like to know more about Oriental textiles? 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