Turkish tent

Appliqué is an ancient textile technique,with which fabrics of any size or shape can be manufactured.It does not require a loom,and was probably developed as a repair method. The oldest known example is a leather tomb canopy from the 21st Dynasty in Egypt,circa 1040 BC,which is 5-700 years earlier than the Royal felts at Pazyryk 1-Courtesy Edward Loring,CESRAS Now stored in a large wooden case in the Egyptian Museum,Cairo,the Baldachin was discovered in 1881 in the Royal Tomb complex at…

The history of appliqué is a rich one full of beauty. Here's a short introduction to this beautiful artform.

A tradition of weaving rugs and carpets has been developed in the areas where the climate was not too welcoming and enforced a wandering way of life. Nomadic tribes needed…

Hello all... After looking at the fantastic threads with castles from various european countries I have found inspiration to making a similar thread of my...

Türk Şaman Çadırı... #sketchaday #hergünebirçizim Turkish Shaman Tent

An 8,000-year-old marble figurine of a voluptuous woman was unearthed in 2016 in the Neolithic urban settlement of Çatalhöyük in central Turkey. The figurine is 17 centimeters long, 11 centimeters wide and weighs one kilo.

A traditional yurt or ger is a portable, round tent covered with felt and used as a dwelling by nomads. It was used in Central Asia for three thousand years. Throughout the time Central Asian tribes and nationalities developed the ger to their own style and design. Here some of the images that shows how they differentiate from each other.

Explore Painshill the award-winning 18th century landscape garden where you are invited to walk around a work of art. Plan your trip.

See photos of Mongolia (including camels, gers, nomads, and more) in this travel photo gallery from National Geographic.