Bed cover (suzani), 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, 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., Anadolu, Turkey, 19th century

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