Zanavykai textile traditions

Asta Venskienė presents Inga Nėnienė's academic monograph Zanavykai Textile Traditions of the 19th and the Beginning of the 21st Century. The monograph analyses the development of textile traditions of a small geographical territory in the Southwest of Lithuania which is attributed to an ethnographic area of Suvalkija. The monograph is distinguished for the abundance of facts, thoroughness as well as a comprehensive analysis of the weaving tradition. The discussion about weaving starts with descriptions of the preparation of raw materials and finishes with textiles, their applications and explanations of their symbolic meanings. A wide range of interior textiles and a set of patterns of woven sashes is reproduced. The monograph significantly enriches the research of Lithuanian textile. It is beneficial to anyone vaguely or thoroughly interested in textiles of the Zanavykai area or those inspired to revitalize its textile traditions