Product DescriptionRussian textiles presents the beautiful printed cotton textiles created and manufactured in Russia and Central Asia, exports from about 1860 until 1960. More than 175 spectacular patterns spanning a variety of eras and styles, from Art Nouveau flowers in Soviet-era agitprop, are presented. The people in these Central Asian countries, including Uzbeks, Tajiks, Turkmen and the brightly patterned fabric incorporated into their clothing, particularly their robes and their household. Short essays of the author and colleagues textile experts describe the “social life” of the fabrics and the fascinating history of this merging of Russian, Western and Central Asian aesthetic styles, Robert Kushner contributes a lively text, like an artist “sees” and is by inspired these designs. Complementing the pattern images are vintage photographs from the turn of the 20th Century just as beautifully detailed reproductions of the robes and other items that were lined and embellished with these cloths. This is a must-have title for the inspiration library of every artist, professional fashion, interior and product designer, crafter, and someone with a passion for exceptional visual design. “Rarely has a new textile book invites one to see its subject in a completely new light, from a new perspective. Russian textiles exactly this does. These cloths, printed with their bold designs are generally considered to be of minor importance, and have so far with little contextual foundation. Russian Textiles: Printed Cloth for the Bazaars of Central Asia, changes in the landscape and presents a collage of information and stunning visuals. It fills a niche in our knowledge and understanding of the dynamics of the textile trade in Central Asia, a niche , most of us were barely aware of treated empty and had to. This is the groundbreaking nature of this book. “- – Thomas Cole, HALI Magazine, Spring 2008″ Meller book is a journey of discovery … a joyful celebration of pattern and color and a way of life in Central Asia “- – Brigid Keenan STEPPE Magazine, Summer 2008″ A fascinating book, with its mixture of the mundane and the exotic, brings the esoteric field of collecting that Meller fascinated and it sets apart from the typical high-end Textile-hunter who is looking for Silken ikats or woven carpets. According to Meller considers to qualify as a machine-printed textiles “fine art that are for a commercial product, happens. ‘”- Andrea DiNoto, American Craft Magazine, Oct / Nov 2008″ Russian Textiles is one of those rare and fortunate coincidences books that can be judged by its cover. From the first bold photo to the last footnote, the bright, complex language of the Russian trade cotton full voice in the new book, Susan Meller’s is given. “- – Hand-eye, the aid to Artisans Magazine, Summer 2008:” This is a beautiful book for its appearance and its contents are maintained. “- – Frances Pritchard, Selvedge Magazine, September 2008
Russian Textiles: Printed Cloth for the Bazaars of Central Asia
