Suzani Embroidery 1541

This mid-20th century hand-crafted Uzbek Suzani silk embroidery is a vibrant and intricate textile of great beauty and cultural significance, originating from the ancient embroidery traditions of Uzbekistan. The striking composition features bold, densely worked floral medallions and scrolling vine patterns in hand-twisted silk threads that cover the cotton foundation with the exuberant visual energy characteristic of the finest Suzani production.

Worked in lustrous silk of exceptional quality, this Suzani would have required months of skilled labor — the embroiderer working section by section from a design drawn directly onto the cotton foundation, each stitch placed with the care and intentionality of an artist who understood that the object she was creating would outlive her by generations. Suzani embroideries — the name derived from the Persian word for 'needle' — are among the most celebrated and visually exuberant textile traditions in Central Asia. Produced primarily in the Uzbek cities of Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, and Nurata, suzanis were traditionally created by a bride and her female relatives in the months before a wedding, each woman contributing embroidered panels that would be assembled into a single celebratory textile of great beauty and personal significance. The most prized suzanis are worked in hand-twisted silk thread on a handwoven cotton foundation, their large floral medallions and vine designs reflecting centuries of artistic refinement along the Silk Road.

Dimensions: 4’ 10” x 7’

Date of Manufacture: 3rd Quarter of the 1900s

Place of Origin: Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Material: Silk embroidery on cotton foundation

Condition: Wear consistent with age and use

SKU: 1541