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Gorgeous Uzbek Tribal Hand Embroidery #917033

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Gorgeous Uzbek Tribal Hand Embroidery #917033
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We would like to present to you the piece of hand embroideries - Gorgeous Uzbek Tribal Hand Embroidery Suzani "Saye-Gosha".

One of the most popular trends of applied arts in Central Asia is embroidery. This name of exquisite silk embroideries comes from Persian "sozan" which means "a needle". Uzbek embroidery is different by purpose and is divided into embroidery on small household objects, and embroidery on clothes. But the leading kind of embroidery is undoubtedly Suzani. Suzani is a wall decorative embroidered piece of cloth.Suzani is embroidered in an original way of filling the most of the area by patterns leaving little of the background.

The fine embroidery of some region has traditional motives the sun, the moon and the stars.These are bold designs, with an archaic symbolism centered on a circular motif, whose exact meaning is debated by specialists, it represent the sun, the moon, the heavens, a flower-or an open pomegranate, a symbol of fertility. It is clearly a positive image of continuity and survival, and it appears over and over again in the life of the region.It often employs powerful contrasts, as if to distinguish dark and light, good and evil, life and death, and strong colors such as red for blood, brown for the earth and blue-black for the sky.

Boundless love for the nature finds its reflection in embroidery pieces of Uzbek masters. Their patterns have absorbed symbols and forms going from different epochs. The suzani of the 19th and 20 th centurys ...
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<tr><td>Condition:some stains</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1950</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:Uzbekistan</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:37.4</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:29.9</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Gorgeous Uzbek Tribal Hand Embroidery</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:semi-silk on cotton background</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Uzbekistan</td></tr>
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