Atlas of Central Asian Artistic Crafts and Trades
Uzbekistan
(
Volume 1
)
Illustrations and maps
color illustrations
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The publication reflects the history of development and the current state of affairs in Uzbek folk artisanship. On the basis of great ethnographic and archive material, the authors give an account of such traditional crafts, as pottery, brass embossing, jewellery, woodcarving, wooden utensils production, alabaster carving, mural painting, papier-mache painting and others. The book contains a detailed analysis of decorative embroidery with gilded laces, one of the most striking examples of Uzbek folk art.
