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Embroidered valance has a flowering vine with a stylized carnation and tulip.  The background i…
Embroidered Valance, Suzani type
Embroidered valance has a flowering vine with a stylized carnation and tulip.  The background i…
Embroidered valance has a flowering vine with a stylized carnation and tulip. The background is filled with smaller flowers. The border has carnations and blue bonnets(?); multi-colored; materials are silk on linen.
Museum of International Folk Art; Gift of the Lloyd E. Cotsen and Neutrogena Corporation Collection. Photographs by Pat Pollard.
DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Embroidered Valance, Suzani type

NameValance
Artist Artist Not Recorded
DateEarly 19th century
Place madeAnatolia, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
Place madeSamarkand, Uzbekistan, Asia
MediumSilk on linen
Dimensions89 5/16 × 17 1/8 in. (226.9 × 43.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.879
Object numberA.1995.93.879
DescriptionEmbroidered valance has a flowering vine with a stylized carnation and tulip. The background is filled with smaller flowers. The border has carnations and blue bonnets(?); multi-colored; materials are silk on linen.
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