Wall Hanging of hand-woven linen embroidered in multi-colored twisted silks in various floral designs
- Title
- Wall Hanging of hand-woven linen embroidered in multi-colored twisted silks in various floral designs
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Description
- Wall Hanging of hand-woven linen embroidered in multi-colored twisted silks in various floral designs; linen strips are skillfully sewn together; vines are outlined in black; tulips, carnations, and pomegranate blossoms are in violets, reds, gold, blue, and deep green.
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition: Department Purchase
- Motif
- Stylized tulips, pomegranate, carnations, and vines Saz leaf
- Work Type
- wall hangings
- Location
- Uzbekistan
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 1933.002.040
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Linen Silk
- Technique
- Hand-woven Embroidered Chain stitch Laid couching stitch buttonhole stitch
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Record says it's from India (perhaps purchased in India), but it is from Uzbekistan. Bukhara, Suzani embroidery - comes from the Persian word "Suzan" which means needle. Uzbek girls create these Suzani embroideries as part of their dowry. A professional draftswoman would draw the initial design on loosely joined strips of hand-spun cotton or linen. Five to eight women of the bride's family would contribute to the creation. When the piece was complete, the pieces were sewn together. The individual work of the women account for the irregularities. Prior to the Russian invasion in 1868, natural dyes were used. Flowers that are often used include rosette, medallion with rotating flowers, tulip with hooking petals, wild hyacinths, carnations with rounded leafy shapes, pomegranate blossoms, roses and lotus. The "buta" is the paisley-like motif derived from the cypress tree, and can symbolize the Garden of Paradise. The motifs were chosen to evoke luck, health, longevity, and fertility four pillars of good life and marriage. The embroidery would be hung, opposite the front entry, in the married couple's home for all to admire.
