Basım Tarihi
1850
Basım Yeri
Morocco (made) -
Konu
Africa Leather
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Height: 98cm
(Note: framed), Length: 98cm
(Note: framed), Diameter: 88cm
(Note: panel)
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
911-1869
Kayıt Numarası
911-1869
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
1850
Notlar
The following excerpt is taken from James F. Jereb. Arts and Crafts of Morocco (London: Thames and Hudson, 1995), p. 98-9: âMoroccan leather has long been sought after by people all over the Muslim word, as well as by those in the Western Sudan and around the Sahara. Goatskin is the primary material used, which is dyed in brilliant colours. The skins are today still tanned by an archaic method of immersion in animal urine. The hides are subsequently dyed in huge vats sunk into the ground. The three most common colours were yellow, green and red, from, respectively, Marrakech, Tafilet and Fez. Many of these fine-coloured skins were traded in the south and beyond, and the colours characteristic of leather work from the Saharan regions of Tuareg and Maur were highly sought after. The geographical nature of nomadic and semi-nomadic life â the lack of physical boundaries â brings about a greater and continual exchange of materials and design vocabularies. Embroidered and appliqued leather, and the various techniques, such as weaving into the leather sections peeled from the outer layer, incising it with a knife, stamping prophylactic symbols and designs with dyes, are used all over southern Morocco.â
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Treated and dyed leather; applique; stitched; embroidered
Fiziksel açıklama
Circular picnic mat made of eight leather panels of triangular shape stitched together in a radiating pattern around a central circular dial with a single green floral spray. Each leather has been dyed a yellow base colour, upon which either a green, red or white applique pattern of floral arabesques and checkered pattern appears. The eight panels are arranged in alternating colours of green and red, with a thin panel spaced in between. The outer boarders are stitched with green embroidery. The mat is currently framed in a wooden frame behind glass.