| ACADEMIC SESSION - ABSTRACTS ICOC 9 Milan Wendel R. Swan
Shasevan Pile Weaving
I will make a detailed, comparative analysis
of several pile rugs and bags which share
patterns, composition, materials and color
palette with well-known flatwoven weavings known
to be products of the Shasevan. In addition to
the usual technical descriptions (design, colors,
color palette, knot count, spin and ply, type of
knot, depression of warp), this paper will
include a discussion of the importance of:
- khordjin closure systems
- the presence or absence of certain fibres
(specifically camel hair and goat hair)
- comparing the flatwoven backs of soumac bags
with the backs of pile bags
- selvedge techniques
- end finishes
- the presence of sinuous warps
I will also distinguish Shasevan pile work
from that of other groups in the geographic
regions occupied by the Shasevan, but whose
structural characteristics at this time preclude
a Shasevan attribution.
Wendel R. Swan
Constructing the Lesghi Star
Design
I will propose to discuss the origin and
design construction of the Lesghi star (and
related border designs in Central Anatolian
rugs). The Lesghi star appears for the first time
in the second half of the 19th Century in
Caucasian pile and sumak carpets. It can also be
found on Shasevan sumak bags, but it seems not
tohave evolved from any other design and it does
not appear in the products of other Turkic
speaking peoples. One does not find it, for
example, in South Persian, Turkmen or Belouch
weavings.
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