Belarusian bedspreads and carpets: anthropology and art of a traditional thing

"Belarusian Bedspreads and Carpets" is a unique study of the textile heritage of Belarusian villages of the late 19th–20th centuries. The book reveals the artistic, technological and ritual aspects of folk textiles, analyzing it as a cultural phenomenon. The publication will be useful to designers, ethnographers, museum workers, artisans and everyone interested in Belarusian traditional culture.

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The book presents the main types and artistic and technological features of woven bedspreads and carpets that were created in the Belarusian village at the end of the 19th–20th centuries. The anthropology of these things is studied, which are intertwined with a person of traditional culture, accompanied him in everyday life and rituals, and artistically revealed his ideals and ideas about beauty. Works of folk textile art are considered as an outstanding phenomenon of Belarusian national culture. The publication is supplemented with a dictionary of folk terminology in this field.

The book will be useful in museum work, for designers and artists, in the work of craft houses, and for a wide range of lovers of Belarusian folk art.