I heart Suzani

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvzMuueVxmV8FDxlLxhyphenhyphenbOMgwgUn5MCxlsyTqxeGi3KEB24LxeuiNKl9HPBwBR9BtmV7qFqCtGN0dswIr4spUbBCLoa1wGVk_95CTCxPuvgWnOPlPoiQdyVzyAovIGsvoGdrfDUCgQXc/s1600-h/domino_full.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100539679712190610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvzMuueVxmV8FDxlLxhyphenhyphenbOMgwgUn5MCxlsyTqxeGi3KEB24LxeuiNKl9HPBwBR9BtmV7qFqCtGN0dswIr4spUbBCLoa1wGVk_95CTCxPuvgWnOPlPoiQdyVzyAovIGsvoGdrfDUCgQXc/s400/domino_full.jpg" width="448" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The term Suzani means "needlework"--specifically, the exquisite silk thread embroidery panels made by Uzbek women. Traditionally this embroidery work begins at the birth of a daughter and continued, with the help of family and friends, until the bride's dowry was complete. Below a few of my favorite Suzani pieces.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielXYjivqadnaOV6UK0PJ1_uYZbfUK4R4pPbZQ5jIOzjgRR320kukANg2EUeiJbG0XsLDrqEftShB9EWayFXERGp9hgOZEaicgVF7UfWE6Lqc6hUGQIrpbyhpSD57-ggUjffLr2ZyUG5c/s1600-h/Suzani.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100977620347494626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielXYjivqadnaOV6UK0PJ1_uYZbfUK4R4pPbZQ5jIOzjgRR320kukANg2EUeiJbG0XsLDrqEftShB9EWayFXERGp9hgOZEaicgVF7UfWE6Lqc6hUGQIrpbyhpSD57-ggUjffLr2ZyUG5c/s320/Suzani.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8QnmK-MIMGKb14vU0TqrV0NvAlq_lWv1XEL1kaVa3yTYOVQsjYRNC3csZ946Hd9RfhSzFOySeT7933dm3Jh_NEo3J07ib48mU0GhmXssmpsYO7DmPwFZ7KwIM1OPO7zcqWONSPA2yHk/s1600-h/0Dsgnturk01Cornucopianet.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100977268160176306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8QnmK-MIMGKb14vU0TqrV0NvAlq_lWv1XEL1kaVa3yTYOVQsjYRNC3csZ946Hd9RfhSzFOySeT7933dm3Jh_NEo3J07ib48mU0GhmXssmpsYO7DmPwFZ7KwIM1OPO7zcqWONSPA2yHk/s320/0Dsgnturk01Cornucopianet.jpg" width="265" /></a> <br />Gorgeous Suzani patterns at <a href="http://www.donghia.com/textiles/patterns/suzani.php" target="blank">Donghia</a> and the right pillow at <a href="http://www.cornucopia.net/" target="blank">Cornucopia</a> Magazine.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcfQ1jbTp6_FfhAtm_JTcRPf4xE6WxICactHDPdEg6IUYra2C9wL8lo8erl4ltfBr0xXLBhvi6m2FA5Vc5UP8KEXpGqWvfwFqfoIyjLYsF1rZhVbUOU6Srhut8mlnO5zqfY3GaXkH6ds/s1600-h/GSBC39_1S.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="272" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100977405599129794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcfQ1jbTp6_FfhAtm_JTcRPf4xE6WxICactHDPdEg6IUYra2C9wL8lo8erl4ltfBr0xXLBhvi6m2FA5Vc5UP8KEXpGqWvfwFqfoIyjLYsF1rZhVbUOU6Srhut8mlnO5zqfY3GaXkH6ds/s320/GSBC39_1S.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWUoKOkskuS36tAGMBjJFF3AAX5z5Q4IrQq9QjPS8ZduA1li2r7uibzlJTJ0lzngygdpzoYZqZ6-D46DVyUJMgnJxyezs4ckB_7uwFXxq3x7Ec5J0AqggTm1JcyAt0wEgW9xKhnMLivI/s1600-h/solar+antique+tiles.com.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100977530153181394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWUoKOkskuS36tAGMBjJFF3AAX5z5Q4IrQq9QjPS8ZduA1li2r7uibzlJTJ0lzngygdpzoYZqZ6-D46DVyUJMgnJxyezs4ckB_7uwFXxq3x7Ec5J0AqggTm1JcyAt0wEgW9xKhnMLivI/s320/solar+antique+tiles.com.jpg" width="301" /></a> <br />Suzani <a href="http://www.yurdan.com/yrdn/Search.aspx?q_key=suzani&catalogID=" target="blank">Coin Purse</a> and Tiles from <a href="http://www.solarantiquetiles.com/ShowCategory.asp?cid=1" target="blank">Solar Antique tiles</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2F2J5UEq9eR2c3V9HNrzI2c9HEEV9P0MR_sQHFaN16JZD66CM-axFiCSag36ypTnr2rGZfUSu3nl_NAic53aZDW4WIDaHmbGg4fdqcWGa6S7PXyVetDjBp68FJ10wyeuwPHv48WNSkBM/s1600-h/anthropologie.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100539610992713858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2F2J5UEq9eR2c3V9HNrzI2c9HEEV9P0MR_sQHFaN16JZD66CM-axFiCSag36ypTnr2rGZfUSu3nl_NAic53aZDW4WIDaHmbGg4fdqcWGa6S7PXyVetDjBp68FJ10wyeuwPHv48WNSkBM/s400/anthropologie.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXqrlH5ZApb9Qw55OxmHaj2XIprr__2XNkDkG2OJ53lOmQDv1eqTcTJXng6jgff6rnc0QzADuzrcqI4XuzdoM88-0hf-Z3obvxsBPgD4cAkmFg4jjO8Z5Wv6WnyJKYXWkTqzZ9hJLEWk/s1600-h/67314_one_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100539533683302514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXqrlH5ZApb9Qw55OxmHaj2XIprr__2XNkDkG2OJ53lOmQDv1eqTcTJXng6jgff6rnc0QzADuzrcqI4XuzdoM88-0hf-Z3obvxsBPgD4cAkmFg4jjO8Z5Wv6WnyJKYXWkTqzZ9hJLEWk/s400/67314_one_b.jpg" width="245" /></a>  <br />This Alexander Lampshade with grand embroidered palmettos and the also embroidered pillow at <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&id=770053&parentid=DECOR_LIGHTING&pushId=DECOR_LIGHTING&popId=DECOR_LIGHTING&sortProperties=&navCount=3&navAction=poppush&color=sbl" target="blank">Anthropologie</a> look very Suzani to me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mjEvDhSyJ3epDFlAQiGHTkcMtBmT0ulKyodPZVPgH-GL0vbbTik7kHOjBALVT-JeKC2Zoor6K8MYmZaiMP2Y7G0eq-X0eymu4qyQ3UwBO2FAXDkqWqDFi0_BtUYczY-vt86P37BT-cw/s1600-h/coup+d%27+etat+1stdibs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100977165080961186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mjEvDhSyJ3epDFlAQiGHTkcMtBmT0ulKyodPZVPgH-GL0vbbTik7kHOjBALVT-JeKC2Zoor6K8MYmZaiMP2Y7G0eq-X0eymu4qyQ3UwBO2FAXDkqWqDFi0_BtUYczY-vt86P37BT-cw/s320/coup+d%27+etat+1stdibs.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />This Chippendale Style Wing Chair upholstered in a Travers Suzani style fabric is available at Coup D' Etat.</div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZgd885s2v3GXARROL8FzpZw4sB1hqfDcd-JlFG8NNHF5-7-yw1gGYuinkwGCIl8LiCek-FYMtOI16zDKXSjBSNWARGtwJbD5Qwr5JTEYNZ9RrZBb3LjwjWHto3n8PkdEUV7rwaGMAzA/s1600-h/10-suzani-pink-lg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="243" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5100983594647003378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZgd885s2v3GXARROL8FzpZw4sB1hqfDcd-JlFG8NNHF5-7-yw1gGYuinkwGCIl8LiCek-FYMtOI16zDKXSjBSNWARGtwJbD5Qwr5JTEYNZ9RrZBb3LjwjWHto3n8PkdEUV7rwaGMAzA/s320/10-suzani-pink-lg.jpg" width="400" /></a></h1><div style="text-align: left;">And this fantastic Madeline Weinrib Suzani pillow<a href="http://www.madelineweinrib.com/mw/suzani/10-suzani-pink-large.html" target="blank"> here</a>. </div></div>

I heart Suzani

The term Suzani means "needlework"--specifically, the exquisite silk thread embroidery panels made by Uzbek women. Traditionally this embroidery work begins at the birth of a daughter and continued, with the help of family and friends, until the bride's dowry was complete. Below a few of my favorit…

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