Fantastic Old Uzbek Hand Embroidery Suzani - SAMARKAND Start Price USD 475.00 Current Price USD 475.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, November 18, 2008 End Time Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Location Tashkent See more about 'Fantastic Old Uzbek Hand Embroidery Suzani - SAMARKAND' Description ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani Fantastic Old Uzbek Hand Embroidery Suzani - SAMARKAND suzani, ceramics, central, asia, antique, embroidery, kilim ,rug, carpet, jewelry,mintage, art , craft ,gold ,copper, bronze, lakai ,tribe, uzbek, uzbekistan, tadjik, tadjikistan , turkmenistan,gallery ,hand-embroidery, weaving, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tadjikistan, old, national, clothes ,robe, khalat, yashmak, chachvan, parandja, farandja, central asia Visit eBay store DESERT-of-SUZANI collection items uzbek suzani tadjik suzani kirgiz suzani Visit eBay store DESERT-of-SUZANI Rugs & Carpets National Clothings Home Interiors Bedding Lakai and Kungrad ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani of suzani ebay store desert of suzani size 365X245 centimeters 144X96 inches origin Uzbekistan embroidery silk background cotton condition small stains age first half of XX century Our eBay store DESERT-of-SUZANI would like to present to you the piece of hand embroideries - Samarkand suzani. Suzani - wall clothes take a key place in Samarkand embroidery. A feature of the Samarkand embroidery suzani is the colour palette on a white or red background, having formed at the turn of centuries. It is hardly possible to connect this change with new aesthetic views of embroiderers, more likely, it was caused by practical factors - difficulties of green threads painting. As we know, to be painted in green, the threads were first painted in yellow (by means of isparak), then the threads were put in indigo solution, which always was hard-to-get dye. Indigo was imported from India, and painting was carried out in special painting workshops. Due to expensive technology, dark blue color has been always used just for a few details. Obviously, by the end of the 19th century, in Samarkand could occurred problems with indigo, what led to substitution of green colour by black. The black paint taken from mallow, remained more accessible. Another group of Samarkand suzani patterns consists of identical blossoming bushes on a central field. The blossoming bush is a classic motif, widespread in art of the Muslim East. It is used in wood painting and carving, ganch carving, ceramics, embroidery and carpets. However, this composition - strict rows of bushes is characteristic only for the embroidery. Not accenting the problem of its genesis, the scholars, paying attention to this composition, noted: "Numerous suzani and bolinpushes with new, for Samarkand, patterns - rows of bushes had appeared by the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century" . Searching for analogies can throw light on this issue. Similar compositions could be revealed in the Bukhara embroidery and in Shrub rugs from Kerman (Iran) . Such sudden occurrence of this composition in Samarkand suzani enables to guess its borrowed character - probably, under influence of the Bukhara embroidery and imported carpets, which patterns the local embroiderers tried to imitate. However, interpretation of various bushes reveals original local character. ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani of suzani ebay store desert of suzani ebay store desert of suzani Handling and airmail anywhere in the world costs $39 (also this sum including the cost state tax for the Ministry of culture of Republic Uzbekistan ). For north America and Europe, delivery will normally be within 10-15 days of receipt of payment. (Delivery elsewhere may take a little longer.) 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