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Unknown Maker, Turkish

Furnishing Fabric (Suzani)

Maker

Unknown Maker, Turkish

Culture

Turkish

Title

Furnishing Fabric (Suzani)

Year

1800s

Medium

  • cotton,
  • plain weave; silk,
  • chain stitch

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • cotton,
  • plain weave; silk,
  • chain stitch

Materials

cotton

Dimensions

Length: 231.1 cm (91 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

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

Object Number

1991.013.37

Type

  • Textiles

Exhibition History

Legacy of the Silk Road
Domestic Embroideries from the Caucasus and Central Asia
Feb 17, 2006 – May 28, 2006

Label copy

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
Embroideries from the Caucasus and Central Asia
Apr 07, 1999 – Jun 27, 1999

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Unknown Maker, Turkish
Furnishing Fabric (Suzani), 1800s
Cotton, plain weave; silk, chain stitch
Length: 231.1 cm (91 inches)
Gift of John Davis Hatch in honor of Olivia Eggleston Phelps Stokes 1991.013.37

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