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For many suzanis, a draftswoman drew one design across loosely joined cotton strips, which were separated for relatives to embroider and finally sewn back together.

Many hands inside one garden

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Suzani derives from a Persian word for needle and names large embroidered textiles associated especially with settled communities in present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. They formed part of a bride's dowry and furnished interiors, their flowers, vines and medallions carrying the time of women working together. Because separate strips could be embroidered simultaneously, motifs sometimes meet imperfectly and neighbouring colours shift at the seam. Those irregularities are not failed finish; they are evidence that one composition was entrusted to several lives.

Türkçe

Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Birçok suzanide desenci, gevşekçe birleştirilmiş pamuk şeritlerin üzerine tek kompozisyon çizdi; şeritler akrabaların ayrı ayrı işlemesi için söküldü ve sonunda yeniden dikildi.
Tek bahçenin içindeki birçok el

Suzani adı Farsçada iğneyle ilgili bir sözcükten gelir; özellikle bugünkü Özbekistan ve Tacikistan'ın yerleşik topluluklarıyla ilişkili büyük işlemeli kumaşları anlatır. Gelinin çeyizine giren ve iç mekânı donatan bu eserlerin çiçekleri, sarmaşıkları ve madalyonları birlikte çalışan kadınların zamanını taşır. Ayrı şeritler eşzamanlı işlenebildiği için motifler bazen kusursuz birleşmez, komşu renkler dikiş yerinde değişir. Bu düzensizlikler kötü bitiş değil; tek bir kompozisyonun birkaç hayata emanet edildiğinin kanıtıdır.

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