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

CENTRAL ASIA
Purses
19 th Century
Top left:
Cotton cross stitch on cotton, tassels
on 3 sides, twisted yarn handle.
15 x 15 cm 6 x 6 in
Top right:
Silk stem stitch on cotton, beaded guard
stripe, cross stitch border, densely beaded
on 3 sides, beaded tassels with metallic
thread, twisted yarn handle.
11 x 14 cm 4½ x 5½ in
Bottom:
Tambour stitch cotton embroidery on
cotton, inner and outer border with
metallic thread, beaded edge on 2 sides.
14 x 18 cm 5½ x 7 in
The clothing worn in most of Central Asia usually
had no pockets. Small purses, such as these, were
carried or worn on a belt for small personal items.
The few shown here only hint at the incredible variety
of what was produced.
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