Monthly Archives: July 2011

BEAUTY IN TEXTILES IS TIMELESS – ST PETERSBURG AND THE PAZYRYK FELTS

I am haunted by textile images  which float in my mind.  Men on horseback. Throned figures.  Phoenixes and Sphinxes.

Last month in St Petersburg on a visit to the Hermitage I anticipated seeing the much published Pazyryk carpet – the earliest knotted example dating back to the 4th century BC. Continue reading