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Suzani

1850-1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 125in
  • Width: 79in
Credit line
Bequeathed by Dame Ada MacNaghten
Collection
Accession number
T.51-1970

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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