Ermakova, E. and S. Mahkamova
Clouds Captured in Silk: Ikats from Turkestan, Tair F. Tairov Collection
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Moscow 2002
101 color plates 134 pp. 10 x 10 Paperback in Very Good condition
Pushkin State Museum exhibition catalog of exceptional silk textiles from Central Asia. The exhibition and this catalog is composed of 64 robes for gala occasions made of adras, a traditional semi-silk fabric, 11 robes made of the same fabric with a geometric bacasab design, 12 pieces made of pure silk shoyi, 2 velvet robes and 12 hangings and fragments with no repeating motifs. Russian/English text.