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Turkish

Furnishing Fabric (Suzani), 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Turkish

Title

Furnishing Fabric (Suzani)

Year

1800s

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; silk, chain stitch

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton

Dimensions

Length: 231.1 cm (91 inches)

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of John Davis Hatch in honor of Olivia Eggleston Phelps Stokes

Object Number

1991.013.37

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Legacy of the Silk Road

February 17 - May 28, 2006

A heavily embroidered suzani such as this one might well have taken over two years to make. With such an investment of time and energy, it should not surprise that the embroiderer used a colorful warp ikat textile as the facing for this piece, another valuable cloth made in the urban centers of Central Asia as a collaborative effort by craftsmen of different religions and cultures. An added layer of cross-cultural exchange can be found in the Russian printed cotton that lines the back of this and many other suzanis.

Baku To Bukhara

April 7 - June 27, 1999

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