TWO SUZANI FURNISHING HANGINGS AND A SUZANI PANEL
Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Soviet period, 20th century

TWO SUZANI FURNISHING HANGINGS AND A SUZANI PANEL
Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Soviet period, 20th century

Comprising a long horizontal hanging of red cotton, worked in black, yellow, white, green, cobalt blue, orange, and magenta silks, decorated with large floral discs set within a scrolling flowering border, the horizontal edges reinforced with black cotton tape, and enhanced with later-added yellow silk fringe, lined in Russian printed cotton, 80cm x 436cm excluding the fringe; another similar, with white fringe, 70cm x 376cm; and a vertical panel of white cotton, worked in pastel shades with a blossoming triumph of stylised tulips and other flowers, the border featuring a decorative frieze of flowers and serrated leaves, the selvedges intact, lined in white cotton, 151cm x 53cm.

Dimensions: the longest 80cm x 436cm excluding the fringe