Suzani
1850-1900 (made)
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Embroidered handing made form seven vertical strips of linen, embroidered with silk in shades of cerise, orange, pink, blue, black, green, mauve and yellow. Embroidery techniques include chain and open chain stitches and Bokhara couching with button-holed spots. The embroidered pattern does not match properly across the joins in the material.
Typical Bokhara design of large flower heads enclosed by long, narrow leaves with serrated edges. The hanging is divided into a wide border and a centre panel with a symmetrically arranged pattern of groups of flower heads, the interspaces being filled with leaves and smaller flowers.
Typical Bokhara design of large flower heads enclosed by long, narrow leaves with serrated edges. The hanging is divided into a wide border and a centre panel with a symmetrically arranged pattern of groups of flower heads, the interspaces being filled with leaves and smaller flowers.
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Materials and techniques | Linen embroidered with silk using chain and open chain stitching and Bokhara couching with button holes |
Brief description | Suzani (hanging), cotton embroidered with floral designs in silk, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, 1850-1900; Textiles; Embroidery |
Physical description | Embroidered handing made form seven vertical strips of linen, embroidered with silk in shades of cerise, orange, pink, blue, black, green, mauve and yellow. Embroidery techniques include chain and open chain stitches and Bokhara couching with button-holed spots. The embroidered pattern does not match properly across the joins in the material. Typical Bokhara design of large flower heads enclosed by long, narrow leaves with serrated edges. The hanging is divided into a wide border and a centre panel with a symmetrically arranged pattern of groups of flower heads, the interspaces being filled with leaves and smaller flowers. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Dame Ada MacNaghten |
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Accession number | T.51-1970 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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