3 Charming Uzbek Hand Embroidered Cushions - Suzani

There are a lot of people who enjoy decorating with beautiful and original pieces of art. Some may think that they spent a fortune on it. If you are a collector or a dealer of art this is an excellent opportunity to purchase for your own investment. Women have been doing embroidery work for thousands of years, in fact in very early England and then America too, a young respectable girl was started at a very early age to learn how to embroidery and that would be one of her "good qualities" when it came time to marry her off. It was unheard of for a woman back in those times not to know how to do needlepoint. The Portuguese, Dutch and English have been known for their beautiful designs of embroidery. Our eBay store DESERT-of-SUZANI would like to present to you embroidered pillowcase-suzani. One of the most popular trends of applied arts in Central Asia is embroidery. This name of exquisite silk embroideries comes from Persian "sozan" which means "a needle". Uzbek embroidery is different by purpose and is divided into embroidery on small household objects, and embroidery on clothes. But the leading kind of embroidery is undoubtedly Suzani. Boundless love for the nature finds its reflection in embroidery pieces of Uzbek masters. Their patterns have absorbed symbols and forms going from different epochs. The suzani of the 19th and 20 th centurys are rich in flower and vegetative motives, which transmit absolute beauty of the nature - these are pictures of trees, flowering bushes, various flowers: carnations, tulips, peonies, chrysanthemums and others. Their compositions symbolize the blossom of the nature and life on the earth. From old times, flowers as symbols of love and faithfulness so close to spiritual world of women were symbols of procreation as well as fruits - a symbol of fertility.