id:			287526
accession number:	2016.89
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.89
updated:		2025-05-06 12:06:31.531000

Suzani with floral sprays, 1800–1850. Central Asia, South West Uzbekistan, Shakhrisyabz. Cotton: plain weave, 6 strips; silk: embroidery; filling stitch: kanda xajol, occasionally bosma; outlining stitch: ilmoq; overall: 227.3 x 177.8 cm (89 1/2 x 70 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John and Fausta Eskenazi in honor of Louise W. Mackie and in celebration of the museum’s centennial 2016.89

title:				Suzani with floral sprays
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creation date:			1800–1850
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1850
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creditline:			Gift of John and Fausta Eskenazi in honor of Louise W. Mackie and in celebration of the museum’s centennial
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culture:	Central Asia, South West Uzbekistan, Shakhrisyabz
technique:	Cotton: plain weave, 6 strips; silk: embroidery; filling stitch: kanda xajol, occasionally bosma; outlining stitch: ilmoq
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 227.3 x 177.8 cm (89 1/2 x 70 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2017-12-07T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 7, 2017-October 29, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ignazio Vok [b. 1938], Austria and Italy
	date: by 1994–2016
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	John and Fausta Eskenazi, London, UK, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2016
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2016–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Knorr, Thomas (editor) and Sager, Helen (editor) <em>Textilkunst Der Steppen- Und Bergvölker Zentralasiens: Ausstellung, Gewerbemuseum Basel, 1974</em>. Basel: s.n., 1974.
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	Gisela Helmecke. “Die ‘Buchara’-Stickereien Im Islamischen Museum Zu Berlin.” <em>Forschungen Und Berichte</em> 23 (1983).
	page number: 	pp. 118–129
	url:		https://doi.org/10.2307/3880946.

	Čepeleveckaja, Galina L. <em>Susani Usbekistans: Ein Beitrag Zur Technik, Ornamentik Und Symbolik Der Usbekischen Seidenstickerei</em>. Berlin: Schletzer, 1991.
	page number: 	pp. 7-75, illustration 11
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	Vok, Ignazio, and Jakob Taube. <em>Suzani: a textile art from Central Asia: Vok collection</em>. Oberhaching, Germany: Herold Verlagsauslieferung,1994.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no 19
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	Mackie, Louise. “Acquisition Highlights 2016: Textiles and Islamic Art.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 57, no. 2 (March/April 2017): 16.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 16.
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