Heirloom Patterns - Oriental Floral Décor

This post, 'Heirloom Floral Patterns - oriental floral décor' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

Heirloom Floral Patterns

Horticulture on the wall

This is a collage of framents of floral décor.

Details from एतमाद-उद-दौला का मक़बरा,

Itmad-ud-Daula's Tomb

اعتماد الدولہ کا مقبرہ

The walls are white marble from Rajasthan encrusted with semi-precious stone decorations - cornelian, jasper, lapis lazuli, onyx, and topaz in floral images. More from my visit at Itmad- ud- Daula here

I have an itch to paint.

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Heirloom patterns - a gift from the past

We have all heard about heirloom seeds and heirloom plant, as I was going through some pictures from India I thought these wonderful botanical patterns are true heirloom patterns – a gift from the past. These fragments of rugs and the wall decoration are from Jaipur and Amber* Fort Rajasthan they have this fantastic floral patterns from the past. The skill of for instance carpet weavers is a typical livelihood passed from one generation to another. The patterns, the art becomes heirloom.

My father, grandfather and uncle as a matter of fact all of the family as far back as I can remember, were carpet weavers before me. I entered the weaving industry at 10 years of age. These word were said by Arthur Mitchum a Brittish weaver b.1862

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Horticulture on the floor

I think you can learn both some horticulture and anthropology by just looking and learning from decorations like these. Indoor Gardens on the floor.

This is a collage with fragments from rugs each one of them a wonderful garden.
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The weaver girl at her loom

I have just learned that loom is a tool and it dates back to 4400 BC (horizontal loom)

The loom is what in this case the rug is woven on. It consists of a wooden framework with a grid of cotton threads. The cotton becomes the base the foundation of the rug. The “warp” is the cotton that runs vertically on the loom and the “weft” is the one that runs horizontally. The warp and weft together create a grid of cotton on which each strand of wool is tied around.

more gems...

Oriental Gemstone Painting with floral design.

That is all folks - I hope you have enjoyed my post about florals made of stones and yarn.

~ TYRA ~

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