THE AESTHETIC AND PLASTIC CAPABILITIES OF THE ART OF MACRAMÉ AND UTILIZING IT IN DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION WOMEN'S CLOTHING SUPPLEMENT

ABDEL AZIZ, Mona Ezzat Hamid; SALEM, Rasha Hassan Hosni

doi:10.21608/ijdfs.2019.180041

THE AESTHETIC AND PLASTIC CAPABILITIES OF THE ART OF MACRAMÉ AND UTILIZING IT IN DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION WOMEN'S CLOTHING SUPPLEMENT

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¹ Department of Garments and Textiles, Faculty of Home Economics, Helwan University, Egypt

² Department of Home Economics, College of Management and Home Economics, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

10.21608/ijdfs.2019.180041

Abstract

The art of Makramia is one of the fine handicrafts that people have been interested in until recently. It is also a very old art and has differed in determining its source, is it from the ancient Egyptian or Phoenician civilization or it came recently by the Arab civilization, and most modern references mention that the word Makramia is Arabic The origin and meaning of severe twisting of ropes, which is derived from “openwork,” and it is mentioned in the Oxford dictionary that the word “macrame” or makrami or makrama or magrama is used in the Turkish civilization for some furnishings, napkins and towels, and the word macrame is used in the references on the works of the contract and it is known that the artist The Egyptian folklore used to produce many forms of macramé, especially used in Egyptian decor, and the most distinguished of them are pendants to hang flowers or mirrors, and this art continued in circulation for long periods of time until its use decreased clearly despite the aesthetics of the art of macramé, as well as the possibility of change and formation in its products and in its stitches.

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