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Central Asian, Central asia

Hanging or cover (suzani), 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Central Asian

Title

Hanging or cover (suzani)

Year

1800s

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; silk, couching and chain stitch

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk

Techniques

  • plain weave,
  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered

Dimensions

Length: 237.5 cm (93 1/2 inches)

Place

Central asia

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy Truman Aldrich

Object Number

55.211

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Legacy of the Silk Road

February 17 - May 28, 2006

The layout of this piece indicates that it was made in the Nurata region of Uzbekistan. Although it shares with other suzanis the bold, rounded floral motifs and characteristic Bukhara couching stitch, the foliate arrangements reaching inward from the corners distinguish this type as a Nurata creation and reference the Indo-Persian influence of flowering buta (a basic paisley element). Note also the inked guidelines, likely drawn by a professional designer, now visible in some areas of the cotton.

Baku To Bukhara

April 7 - June 27, 1999

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Hanging or cover (suzani) with the accession number of 55.211. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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