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A mechanical loom in the textile factory of the Mezannar family
Roofing space
Hand printed table cloth from Hama at Hassan’s Shop, Old Damascus
Hand printed table cloth from Hama at Hassan’s Shop, Old Damascus
A mechanical loom in the textile factory of the Mezannar family
Appliqué for the decoration of textiles
Spinning with a suspended spindle
Function of shafts or heddles
Techniques of tapestry weaves
Drawings of an Ikat design
Introducing the blue dye in boiling water to the silk threads. This process is repeated several times until the silk absorbs the blue dye effectively
Aghabani table cloths with gold and silver threads
A sample of the handprinted fabric prepared for the women of Douma.
Hand printed table cloth from Hama at Hassan’s Shop, Old Damascus
Hand printed table cloth from Hama at Hassan’s Shop, Old Damascus
Jurn Kabir, a rural house, where each room has its own door opening on the courtyard
Elizabeth pattern
Drawing of a Plangi design
Aghabani table cloth
Hand printed fabric combining plant and animal motifs
Adult son of the semi-nomadic family in their tent from the Maskana region
Women and children (of a family of former nomads) in one of the Upper Euphrates Valley villages
Tall Dahab, Bedding pile in the family’s living and storage room
A Bedouin family in one of the villages of the Euphrates Valley
In the living compartment of the semi-nomadic family’s tent (from Maskana region)
Near Habuba Kabira, a family trip by boat to their former village, that was flooded in 1973 by the Tabqa-Dam
Guesthouse of a wealthy family in Maskana, attached is an iwan
In the tent of a semi-nomadic family from the Maskana region, with storage bags in the background.
ʿAyn al-Khadra, residential house with a central hall plan of a Kurdish family in the Malkiyya-Region
