Embroidered Paradise : Central Asian Embroideries From the Collection of Tair A. Tairov

Language: English

Published by Design Museum Helsinki, 117, 2007

9529878540 / 9789529878543

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Born (1937) in Tashkent Tair A. Tairov, professor of international law is well informed of the traditional way of life in Central Asia. He was fre- quently commuting between Tashkent and Moscow where he had to prepare and convene a number of international conferences and seminars with European NGOs, parliamentarians and research community on security issues, nuclear arms control and political changes in the USSR - Russia. He worked in the years 1979-1986 for the World Peace Council in Helsinki. Following the break up of the Soviet Union he returned home and directed his activities to ikats and embroideries from Bukhara, Shahrisyabz, Nurata, Samarkand, Tashkent and Fergana. In 2004 his unique ikat collection was shown in the Design Museum in Helsinki and about 300 pieces of his embroidery collection - also illustrated in this catalogue - in 2007. Text in English. 160 pp.

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Title
Embroidered Paradise : Central Asian Embroideries From the Collection of Tair A. Tairov
Author
Marianne Aav ; Eeva Viljanen (eds.) ; Tair A. Tairov
Publisher
Design Museum Helsinki, 117
Publication year
2007
Condition
Fine
Binding
Softcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
9529878540
ISBN 13
9789529878543
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1st Edition.
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