Bed cover (suzani)
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| Caption | Bed cover or suzani in cream-colored cotton embroidered with colored silks and lined with warp-printed silk. Small red carnations fill the field, surrounded by a wide border of large, circular red flower heads and scrolling vines. Lined with two different warp print silks, a satin stripe and a ribbed silk with a figural design. Made in: Anadolu, Turkey. Date: 1800s. Record ID: chndm_1955-133-18. |
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| Creator | unknown |
| Artwork medium | silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain and Bokhara couching stitches on plain weave foundation Label: cotton, embroidered with silk in chain and Bokhara couching stitches |
| Credit | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
| Terms of use | Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0) |
| Search stock images by keyword | Bed cover suzani cream-coloured cotton embroidered silks lined warp-printed silk |
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