Patrick Weiler
June 9th, 2021, 11:14 PM
The Textile Museum at GWU would like to invite you to join them this Saturday, June 12th for a no-charge Zoom presentation on Prayer Carpets.
"EARTHLY BEAUTY, HEAVENLY ART: CARPETS FOR PRAYER"
with
Sumru Belger Krody
Senior Curator, The Textile Museum Collection
at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
CO-SPONSORED BY
Textile Museum Associates of Southern California
Chicago Oriental Rug & Textile Society
Colorado Textile Group
Portland Area Rug Society
San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society
Seattle Textile and Rug Society
VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM
*10* am PDT / 1 pm EDT, Saturday, June 12, 2021
Admission is free
Registration: : https://tinyurl.com/PryCptsTrktek
THE LOG-IN link will automatically be sent to you by Zoom when you Register for the program
Among textiles in Islamic society, prayer carpets hold a special place. They beautify spaces, while conveying metaphorical meanings for Muslim worshippers during their obligatory five-times daily prayer. Additionally, prayer carpets have been communicating the distinct aesthetic choices of the individual cultures who created and used them for centuries, while being recognizable as prayer carpets through their very specific design elements. Sumru Belger Krody, Senior Curator, The Textile Museum Collection at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, will discuss the prayer carpet?s universality in terms of its use and certain design aesthetics, followed by a brief description on how diverse Islamic cultures make this textile their own. She will show that certain design elements and their meanings or symbolism are universal, and point to a fluid iconography through time, place, religion, tradition, and culture.
"EARTHLY BEAUTY, HEAVENLY ART: CARPETS FOR PRAYER"
with
Sumru Belger Krody
Senior Curator, The Textile Museum Collection
at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum
CO-SPONSORED BY
Textile Museum Associates of Southern California
Chicago Oriental Rug & Textile Society
Colorado Textile Group
Portland Area Rug Society
San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society
Seattle Textile and Rug Society
VIRTUAL ZOOM PROGRAM
*10* am PDT / 1 pm EDT, Saturday, June 12, 2021
Admission is free
Registration: : https://tinyurl.com/PryCptsTrktek
THE LOG-IN link will automatically be sent to you by Zoom when you Register for the program
Among textiles in Islamic society, prayer carpets hold a special place. They beautify spaces, while conveying metaphorical meanings for Muslim worshippers during their obligatory five-times daily prayer. Additionally, prayer carpets have been communicating the distinct aesthetic choices of the individual cultures who created and used them for centuries, while being recognizable as prayer carpets through their very specific design elements. Sumru Belger Krody, Senior Curator, The Textile Museum Collection at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, will discuss the prayer carpet?s universality in terms of its use and certain design aesthetics, followed by a brief description on how diverse Islamic cultures make this textile their own. She will show that certain design elements and their meanings or symbolism are universal, and point to a fluid iconography through time, place, religion, tradition, and culture.