The koto was introduced from China to Japan during the Nara period (710-793) as an instrument of court music (Gagaku).
Japanese koto. Instrument for traditional Japanese music.
Category: 1912
Indonesian Culture. Fabrics and Weapons of the Malays.
Indonesian Culture. Fabrics and Weapons of the Malays. The Malay (Orang Melayu) are an ethnic group in Southeast Asia. They belong to the Austronesian ethnic groups and speak the Malay… Read More
Traditional costumes and customs of Lithuania. The peasant folkart.
The peasant art of Lithuania. The Lithuanian women wore long wide robes of wool or linen embellished with a relief-like floral ornament. The costume of the men consisted of a long home woven woolen coat of a dark-blue or grey color, resembling in cut and fold the jacket of the women.
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
Designs for Silk Embroidery. Ukraine
Designs for Silk Embroidery from Ukraine
THE SOUL OF RUSSIA. RUSSIAN ART, BY NICOLAS ROERICH.
THE SOUL OF RUSSIA. ILLUSTRATIONS. Nicolas Roerich. The Ancestors of Man. Décor de Théâtre. The Arrow of the Allies. After a painting by Leon Bakst.
Peasant costumes from Archangelsk, Novgorod, Russia 1912.
Peasant costumes from Arkhangelsk Oblast and Veliky Novgorod, Russia 1912. Peasant art in Russia by Charles Holme.
Paul Poiret 1912. Evening toilet. Tunic of black satin,
Tunic of black satin, petticoat of white satin with tulle veil, diamond cords, diamond ornamental border and fringe as the sole jewelry.
