#ethnic textiles

The Ottoman Room from Luxor’s Al Moudira Hotel. The name means ‘the lady boss’ in Arabic as the hotel is the vision of Lebanese photographer Zeina Aboukheir.The Ottoman Room features a hand painted dome and trompe-l’oeil curtain by Lebanese artist Mario Dahabi, which is on the bed with a traditional Suzani blanket from Uzbekistan.

A girl in Carpetland, Iran.

Rasht Embroidery.
North Persia, Gilan Province, Ca. 1900.
Auction - Rippon Boswell & Co.

This large decorative hanging was made in Rasht, the capital of the North Persian province of Gilan, whose ornate embroideries were highly renowned throughout Persia and beyond. As usual, the foundation is a wool felt mosaic composed of sections in different colours which coordinate with the design. The red field terminating in an arch shape at the top is dominated by a huge cypress flanked by swirling vines and floral stems. The stems lie on an azure ground along the sides and at the upper end. Two lion masks and several splendid birds have been incorporated into the design.(с)

Vintage photo of tajik girls embroidering Suzani, traditional textiles of Central Asia.

The magnificent Royal Suzani tapestry, size is 20’ - 14’ (6х4,12 m), embroideress master Madina Kasimbaeva.

The exhibition ‘The Birth of Suzani’, which explores the traditional art of Uzbek embroidery, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Armenian girl in old traditional costume, Yerevan,

Kyrgyz embroidery fragment, Nomads tribal textiles. Silk embroidery on silk velvet, early 20th c. Central Asia.

Wonderful Pakistani hand made art. Ethnic traditional textiles, handicrafts.

Women’s wedding traditional costume. Karakalpak, nomad’s culture. Ethnic silver jewellery, corals, silk embroidered indigo dress. 19th century, Central Asia. The Russian Museum of Ethnography.

Suzani textiles sale, in old Bukhara city, Central Asia. P.I. Kotov, 1920s, oil/canvas.

Chinese silk embroidered scarf.