Lake Bokhara

Lake Bokhara

Identifier
T.23-1967
Acquisition
Given by Sir Harold E. Satow
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
115.57 cm (length)
151.13 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Cover of embroidered off-white tabby-woven cotton with silk in shades of orange, magenta, blue, green, beige and cream in chain stitch with a little laid and couched work. The ground is covered with thin scrolling stems enclosing flowers. The border, which run round all four sides, contains floral motifs within medallions. Lined with a printed cotton, and red and cream strips patterned with floral motifs and continuous wavy lines. Suzani (hanging or cover), cotton embroidered with silk in floral design, probably Bokhara, Uzbekistan, 19th century; Textiles; Embroidery