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Uzbekistan
Nime Susani
Embroidered dowery susani
Bokhara District
Uzbekistan
Circa 1870
Measurements approx 5ft x 3ft
     
     

 

English

 
No.2914
Queen Anne quilted cotton cover embroidered with silk.
English 1720.with monogram in centre.
Measurements: 52 x 54 inches
     
     
Uzbekistan


Suzani / Dowry Embroidery
Nurata/ Shakhrisyabz
Silk on cotton with bokhara couching, and tambour stitches.
Date - 1840s.

Although more typical of a style of embroidery from Nurata, the quality of the silk and dyes, including murex,( see glossary) and the superb borders could indicate that this is from Shakhrisyabz.

A similar piece with Shakhrisyabz provenance is shown within “Vok Collection: Suzani.” Vok, Ignazio, Munich, 1994, pp. 19/20.
Measurement: 90cm x 241 cm.
Provenance - The Sir Emery Walker Collection.

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Uzbekistan
Bokhara Nime Susani
Silk on cotton with rare colour combination,
embroidered in chain stitch circa 1880s.
Purchased in 1903.
Provanance :Lady Trevelyan
(wedding present from her sister Gertude Bell 1904)
Measurement: 41ins x 62 ins
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Uzbekistan
Dowery Susani
Nurata District
Uzbekistan
Mid 19th century
Measurement: 99ins x 62 ins
 
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Portugese
Tree of life
A very unusual embroidered Tree of life wall hanging Portuguese but with classical Indian design apart from cockerels which are very much an image from Lisbon.
Circa 1800s
Measurement 70in x94 inches, see glossary "Tree of Life"
     
     
     
Uzbekistan


Dowry Textile
Silk embroidered on cotton susani.
From Nurata, Uzbekistan.
Early 19th century
Measurements:87insx 61ins
     
     
     
Persian

Embroidered cover.
Silk and guilt thread embroidery on silk.
Measurements: 32 in x 45 in or 82 cms x 114 cms
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India

Quilted Palampore
Mordant- Dyed and painted
Coromandel Coast
India
Late 18th century
Measurements: 9ft x 6ft 2ins
     
     
     
Italy

' Bizarre' Silk
Italy
Circa 1690-1710
Silk with gold brocade
21" x 41" (53.5 x 104cm)
     
Turkish

 

 

 


An Embroidered Panel
Counted thread (in delicate condition)
Turkish - 1600s
36 x 21 inches - 91 x 53 cm

   
     
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