Research Article

The Technique of Zilu Weaving in Anatolia, Caucasus and Iran

Number: 11 January 31, 2019
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The Technique of Zilu Weaving in Anatolia, Caucasus and Iran

Abstract

Zilu is a kind of hand woven which is woven in three regions of Iran, Caucasus, and Anatolia. Zilu weaving of each area has its own characteristics in terms of the type of structure, design, color, raw materials used. Zilu is woven on the vertical wooden loom. zilu weaving in Anatolia and the Caucasus belong to the nomadic community and the village while the zilu weaving of Iran is only woven by groups that inhabit Iran’s desert cities such as Meybod, Yazd and Kashan. The raw material used in Iran’s zilu is entirely of cotton yarn, often in two colors. Zilu with blue-white color is common and the oldest zilu. The weaving structure of Iran’s zilu is one of the most complex weavings among flat weaves. In Anatolian and Caucasian zilu, in addition to the warp and ground weft, the pattern weft is also used. In Anatolia, the pattern weft runs over and below certain warps that do not change to the end of the weaving. In the zilu weaving of the Caucasus, pattern weft wrapped around the warps. In Anatolia, with the technique of zilu, in addition of the floor covering, storage weaving like saddlebags, sacks, and bags are also woven. The motifs used in the zilu are entirely geometric and abstract, and only in the zilues of the Caucasus (Baku), there are motifs of birds and animals.

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English

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Research Article

Publication Date

January 31, 2019

Submission Date

May 5, 2018

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Year 2019 Number: 11

APA
Rahmani, A., & Moghanipoor, M. R. (2019). The Technique of Zilu Weaving in Anatolia, Caucasus and Iran. Art-Sanat, 11, 339-363. https://izlik.org/JA75NS28JL
AMA
1.Rahmani A, Moghanipoor MR. The Technique of Zilu Weaving in Anatolia, Caucasus and Iran. Art-Sanat. 2019;(11):339-363. https://izlik.org/JA75NS28JL
Chicago
Rahmani, Ashkan, and Majid Reza Moghanipoor. 2019. “The Technique of Zilu Weaving in Anatolia, Caucasus and Iran”. Art-Sanat, nos. 11: 339-63. https://izlik.org/JA75NS28JL.
EndNote
Rahmani A, Moghanipoor MR (January 1, 2019) The Technique of Zilu Weaving in Anatolia, Caucasus and Iran. Art-Sanat 11 339–363.
IEEE
[1]A. Rahmani and M. R. Moghanipoor, “The Technique of Zilu Weaving in Anatolia, Caucasus and Iran”, Art-Sanat, no. 11, pp. 339–363, Jan. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA75NS28JL
ISNAD
Rahmani, Ashkan - Moghanipoor, Majid Reza. “The Technique of Zilu Weaving in Anatolia, Caucasus and Iran”. Art-Sanat. 11 (January 1, 2019): 339-363. https://izlik.org/JA75NS28JL.
JAMA
1.Rahmani A, Moghanipoor MR. The Technique of Zilu Weaving in Anatolia, Caucasus and Iran. Art-Sanat. 2019;:339–363.
MLA
Rahmani, Ashkan, and Majid Reza Moghanipoor. “The Technique of Zilu Weaving in Anatolia, Caucasus and Iran”. Art-Sanat, no. 11, Jan. 2019, pp. 339-63, https://izlik.org/JA75NS28JL.
Vancouver
1.Ashkan Rahmani, Majid Reza Moghanipoor. The Technique of Zilu Weaving in Anatolia, Caucasus and Iran. Art-Sanat [Internet]. 2019 Jan. 1;(11):339-63. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA75NS28JL