Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs

CENTRAL ASIA – Uzbekistan
Fragment of Head Shawl Border
(Kizil Kymishek)
Late 19 th Century
Karakalpak People, Khwarizm Region
Silk yarn embroidery, principally chain stitch,
wool broadcloth.
40 x 38 cm 16 x 15 in
An early and brilliant example, with hyper-refined
embroidery, largely in chain stitch, but also spots of
a floating infill, against a red imported British or
Russian wool broadcloth ground. There are two black
bands sandwiched between three red bands, sewn
together and overlain by the decorative embroidery.
The embroidery is quintessentially Karakalpak, and
employs white, red, yellow, blue, green and purple
silk thread.
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