Samarkand Green Suzani – White Scrolls & Red Roundels

One of two green-ground pieces in the shop, and the one from Samarkand: a green cotton ground with rows of white S-shaped scrolls, each pair enclosing a roundel of red and orange, the rows repeating to a plain edge. The motifs are few and large, and the green is a true mid-green rather than the olive of the paisley throw, so the piece reads fresh rather than dark.

Silk thread on cotton, hand-embroidered in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Newly embroidered for Alesouk in the traditional stitches; it arrives clean, even and bright.

Product details

• Type: suzani wall hanging or table cover
• Origin: Uzbekistan, Samarkand
• Condition: new
• Technique: hand embroidery, silk on cotton
• Size: 97 × 138 cm (38 × 54 in)
• Colours: green ground; white; red; orange
• Motif: S-scroll rows with roundels
• Care: dry-clean, or gentle hand wash at 30 °C, dry flat in the shade, iron on the reverse; never machine wash

Character and use

A wall above a desk or a bed head in a small room, or a cloth for a square table. Medium Suzani; the Samarkand school on the Suzani Embroidery page. Ships from Bukhara by tracked airmail: USA 9–18 working days, Europe and the UK 8–16, elsewhere 10–20.