Tent Band regular-price Cotton and mirrorwork finely stitched

Cotton and mirrorwork finely stitched embroidery

Ikat is an ancient technique in which the pattern is created before the weaving is made

Size 200 x 110 cm

under skirting boards

Tent Band regular-price Cotton and mirrorwork finely stitchedTent band, Qashqai, Persia The wider bands hold the outer coverings of a yurt in place, long narrow ones may act as braces for the wooden frame. Others may be used internally, partly as decoration and to hang things from. Theyre often associated with the wooden frame tents or yurts of central Asian, Turcoman nomadic tradition. Other bands are used to anchor loads to camels and horses. The ingenuity of the weaver in producing such complex and changing