Interior decor of dwelling houses in Tashkent
(The end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century)
Architecture of dwelling houses forms unique art heritage of local masters, which is based on traditions of general national architecture. Essentially, it synthesizes two forms of art - architecture and decorative applied art, integrating engineering and decorative design methods and solutions.
At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, Tashkent was a big trading, cultural and political center. Alongside with buildings of cultic architecture, dwelling houses were built in plenty. Unfortunately, the most of them have lost their original form.
Architectural - decorative techniques of walls finishing originate in traditional interpretation of decor's technique. Division of wall plane in rooms and aivans was done by means of narrow bars - rohi-namoyon. Horizontally, walls were divided in three parts: a lower panel - izora, a central part occupied by panels and niches and an upper part with a row of cornices - sharafa, forming a transitive belt to ceiling...