ANTIQUE TADJIK SILK HAND EMBROIDERY - LENINABAD SUZANI THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY- VERY RARE COLLECTIBLE PIECE!!! Start Price USD 1,999.00 Current Price USD 1,999.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, October 07, 2008 End Time Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Location Uzbekistan See more about 'ANTIQUE TADJIK SILK HAND EMBROIDERY - LENINABAD SUZANI' Description       ANTIQUE UZBEK-TADJIK SILK HANDMADE EMBROIDERY - SUZANI   Suzanis, the fabulous embroidered cloths of Central Asia, are among the world’s finest and the most beautiful pieces. The term “suzani”, which comes from the Farsi “suzan” for “needle”, is only used for large embroideries and not for embroidery on clothes or other object. These handmade Central Asian embroidery creations are the inheritors of ancient craft traditions. The production of a number of various embroideries of different forms and functions for bride’s wedding dowry, belongings for horsemen and their horses, and the embellishment of reception rooms was integral part to lifestyle of Central Asian people. Since their early age girls in the families of Central Asia have been taught the mastery of embroidering in order to follow the tradition to embroider their own wedding dowry. While embroidering of suzani women express their cheerful mood and creativeness using their skill following the traditions and customs of the national applied art of their nation. Most suzani motifs carried symbolic meaning relating to fertility, protection, health and household stability. For the space of the whole life the people of Central Asia have been enclosed by the decorative expressiveness and special significance of embroidered cloths at the national ceremonies and celebrations. This item is an amazing Antique Silk handmade embroidered Suzani from Leninabad, Tadjikistan. The approximate age of the item is the early  20th century. The foundation of embroidery is coarse calico cotton fabric of white color. The pattern was embroidered by hand with silk threads. The silk threads of the embroidery were dyed with natural dyes. The reds comes from madder and cochineal; the blues come from indigo; the black from pomegranate, and so forth. The brilliance of the dyes, along with their subtle variations, results in an appearance unmatched by the flat regularity of modern chemical dyes. This item has a very nice Traditional Tadjik Design. The pattern of the embroidery is composed of a large central multicolored star surrounded with multiple rosettes, which are surrounded by rich floral motifs. The suzani looks gorgeous and impressive. Great skill and talent of Tadjik embroiderers found its expression in this work. Natural dyes are used here. Fine colors! Stitch: couching stitch.Size: 152 x 86 inches. Condition: has some stains and holes, mendings, defects of the threads. Want to know more about Uzbek-Tadjik Applied Arts - keep on Watching next items on my auction!!! Please pay attention to the settings of your display (particularly color pallet). We give the original colors of our items. ;Feel free to email me with any questions, before bidding. Call this Minneapolis number 7632191819 (US, MN), and you will reach us here in Tashkent from 9am to 5pm by Tashkent/Karachi time. Here is the timetable: http://www.convertit.com/Go/ConvertIt/World-Time/Clock.ASP  Please contact me beforehand if you want combined shipping. We expect payments within 10 days of purchase. Combined shipping within 10 days. Please note that non paid items will be given according feedbacks. 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