Rectangular textile with dense embroidered floral designs on a beige background. The textile is composed of three lengths of beige fabric stitched together along the long edges. In the centre are three large red and brown-red flowers surrounded by smaller red flowers. The centre section and outer section are separated by a rectangular border of small red flowers with green stems. The outer section has more large red and brown-red flowers, that wrap around the centre rectangle. This section is also bordered by small flowers, but in a dark brown-red colour with green stems. The back lining is composed of sections of floral fabric stitched together. The textile is edged with a beige fabric with geometric designs in dark blue, red and light brown, folded over the edge and sewn with both a running stitch and whip stitch in yellow or orange thread.

• Narrative

  Donor purchased at the British High Commission compound at a special fundraising event for the victims of the tsunami that happened in Japan.

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• Type of Item textile
• Culture Uzbek
• Material cotton fibre, silk fibre
• Measurements height 137.5 cm, width 210.2 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Jane Murphy Thomas
• Received from Jane Murphy Thomas

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• Made in Bukhara
• Collected in Islamabad

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• Collection Date during 2011
• Ownership Date before February 2, 2023
• Acquisition Date on February 2, 2023

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3612/0008