Suzani wall hanging

NameSuzani wall hanging

Artist Zarina Kendjaeva

Dateca. 2000

Place madeBukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, ASIA

Mediumcotton, naturally-dyed silk thread

Dimensions55 × 72 in. (139.7003 × 182.8804 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mary Littrell

Object numberA.2024.9.2

ProvenanceContemporary embroideries from Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, donor purchased directly from artists while visiting their workshops between 2000 and 2018.

DescriptionRectangular hanging made of five panels of pale yellow, plainwoven cotton ground embroidered in silk thread. The embroidery is arranged with a central field surrounded by a wide border. The field contains a large central four-lobed medallion with scrolling outline surrounded by floral rosettes in each courner and four lozenges evoking a diamond border around the central medallion. The wide border contains abstract rosettes in-filled with floral and vegetal designs and small motifs of vases/vessels. Vining tendrils, flowers, and curly-cues fill spaces between larger motifs. Edges are folded over and hemmed.