Suzani Embroidery 1667

A vibrant and finely hand-stitched vintage Suzani textile from Uzbekistan featuring the rare and symbolically significant Prayer Rug pattern — an unusual format within the Suzani tradition, in which the familiar mihrab arch of the Islamic prayer rug is embroidered in silk on a cotton foundation, creating a textile of both devotional meaning and extraordinary visual beauty.

Prayer rug Suzanis are among the rarest and most personally significant objects in the Central Asian textile world — created not as bridal gifts but as devotional objects for individual spiritual practice, each embroidered mihrab pointing toward Mecca and carrying the maker's prayers within its stitches. 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: Listed on request

Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s

Place of Origin: Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Material: Silk embroidery on cotton foundation

Condition: Wear consistent with age and use

SKU: 1667