Handmade Antique Uzbek Suzani Collectible Bag 8" x 9", 1920s - 1N16

This handmade antique collectible Uzbek bag face has extremely beautiful colors. Bright red and bright yellow in combination with navy blue. The rug is dated as 19th century and has ...

Handmade antique Afghan Baluch rug in traditional tribal design. The rug is from the beginning of 20th century in original condition, it yhas some minimal low pile. -condition: or...

Nice antique Suzani from Uzbekistan early 20th century entirely hand embroidered with beautiful design and colors, silk embroidered on cotton foundation.

Antique Uzbek Suzani Embroidery, c. 1800 Blending naturalism with ethereal fantasy, this spectacular embroidery or ‘suzani‘ from Central Asia conveys an aesthetic consistent with older examples of the genre. Certain features, most notably the vine-scroll, are reminiscent of the Samarkand school, while the drawing of the blossoms seems more prevalent in the repertoire of neighboring Shahrisabz. Indeed, this piece may in fact be a common ancestor to both. Splendid palmettes with flame-like tracery and bold swirling star-centered blossoms alternate within the border. Vegetal scroll meanders throughout—drawn with several shades of green conveying, if not a sense of shadowing, definite and deliberate tonalities of light and dark. The central hourglass form, idiosyncrasies of drawing, and arrangement of blossoms in the field imbue a sense of classicism rivaling and surpassing older Ottoman and Persian models. Embroidery Rug...