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Boz (woman’s shawl)
late 20th Century
A green and yellow cotton shawl called a boz. This woman’s shawl is of Western shape, and not perceived to be an indigenous Uzbek textile. It is worn on the shoulders. It is dyed with a natural dy...
Kora atlas (sash)
late 20th Century
A black and white silk warp ikat with large repeat organic patterns and a red lining. Kora or Qora means black, and Atlas is believed to be the material of a traditional design for making up into a ...
camel trapping
This camel trapping is made from silk squares attached in a diamond pattern to bias cut strips of cotton. These squares are bound in contrasting fabrics, using a decorative running stitch. The trappin...
Tubeteika (man’s hat)
late 20th Century
A folded black and white Tubeteika (man’s hat), with a bright pink floral fabric interior and black ribbed edge. Opening it would create a square opening. The interior shows tightly spaced hand s...
Chapan (man’s quilted coat)
late 20th Century
A Chapan (man’s quilted coat), a ceremonial item from Uzbekistan, probably worn by the Tajik people. A navy blue velvet long robe or coat with heavy gold embroidery and sequins in a boteh design alo...
Chapan (man’s quilted coat)
early 21st Century
A man's quilted coat (Chapan) in black velvet with a blue, green and pink floral cotton lining, and purple and white braiding and central ties.
Qiyiqcha (man’s belt)
late 20th century
A silk and man-made fibre mix square of a yellow, black and while ikat style design with machine embroidery around the edges. This cloth would have been folded diagonally and wrapped around a man's w...
shirt
before 1947
This shirt is embroidered in bands around the neck and cuffs, down the front, back and sides. The patterns are composed of two parallel lines with opposing half flower heads and a wavy line between t...
shirt
before 1947
This shirt is embroidered with borders of circular flower heads around the yoke, sleeves and hem; also as vertical bands at the front and back. Flower heads with triple circular heads are used as fil...
dress
This item has mirror work embroidery covering the sleeves, chest and in the middle forming a five pointed pendant encircling a central flower motif. The pattern is composed of stylised flower motifs ...
dress
before 1947
This is a fine example of "shisha" mirror work. The embroidery covers the small sleeves and the chest in the form of a deep panel of narrow borders and interlacing circles. A six-petalled pendant wi...
length of fabric
This item is a magenta coloured silk fabric embroidered with repeating geometric flower sprays. Peacock motifs have been placed between the floral sprays at the top edge of a 5cm wide geometric borde...