Home Interior Hand Embroidered Silk SUZANI from BOYSUN

Our eBay store DESERT-of-SUZANI would like to present to you the piece of fine hand embroideries - Surhandarya suzani(Boysun Suzani). By the end of the 19th century, a number of local schools of embroidery had developed in Uzbekistan. On the one hand, they had much in common as regards the nature of their compositions and ornamental decor; on the other, they differed because of their own, unique features and the variety of ways in which decorative motifs and colouring were handled. The embroidery of Surhandarya, one of the oldest towns in Central Asia, is of particular interest. The distinctive feature of urban suzani is that they have compositions involving a large medallion in the form of a floral rosette in the middle of the main panel, an abundance and wealth of floral motifs and a carefully decorated wide border. The border generally consisted of three parts - a main central one and two additional, narrow ones - but was just as wide as the suzani middle panel. Such compositional treatments were also typical of carpets, which often served as examples for the seamstresses to imitate. Surhandarya 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.