Another joint presentation of NERS and TMASC, silk artworks

This is a presentation of a collector's personal treasures of silk and cotton purses, caps and robes from nineteenth century Lebanon and Aleppo.

The small purses are tapestries, cotton warp, silk weft, with slits in the designs. I've seen slits in the Unicorn tapestries, also part of the design. 

The tapestries, like  earlier European ones are woven vertically but with the design arranged horizontally. This enables some effects such as curves, to avoid steps showing in the image.

Purses shown here in use by men and women from both major religious communities.

The purse shape is used for slippers and caps, too, ingenious making

Here's how the weaving is oriented in relation to the design

Resistance work!  Textiles have always been in the resistance movements.

Here's a shopping street and an interior showing artisan made goods

I think the stringed instrument is an oudh, open to correction on that

men were typically the weavers, while women, as you saw earlier,  processed the silk fibers

These three images are just right if you sew and want to make a cloak.  I included them in case you fancy trying your hand.

Closeup showing tapestry with slit design features

This was a nice presentation. The speaker pointed out that right now much of this area is a war zone, so we don't know if artisans are still able to function, but we hope.

Happy day, everyone, and I hope this little interlude with beautiful textiles was a respite from the stress of the day.