Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Identifier
T.22-1967
Acquisition
Given by Sir Harold E. Satow
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
148.59 cm (length)
113.03 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Cover of embroidered yellow silk rep cloth and probably with a cotton weft. Embroidered with silk in shades of blue, pink, magenta, cream, buff and mauve in chain and a little stem stitch. The field and the border on all four sides have identical patterns of scattered floral sprays. The lining, of printed cotton, has a pattern of pine forms and flowers in red and green. Suzani (cover or hanging), silk embroidered with silk in floral pattern, lined with industrially printed cotton, probably Uzbekistan, 19th century; Textiles; Embroidery