2 UZBEK SILK HANDMADE EMBROIDERIES - PILLOW CASES

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TWO HANDMADE EMBROIDERED PILLOW CASES - Dress your pillows with them! All small articles like small bags for tea, small bags for salt, scull-hats and many other objects have been embroidered by Uzbek skill workers with love, to bring pleasure to all people. Since ancient times small Uzbek handicrafts took one of the main places in daily lives of all kinds of people.One of the very interesting part of Folk Art of Uzbekistan is a pillow-slip. The Uzbek pillowcases amaze with the skill of embroidery and a variety of pattern, that's why they've become so popular all over the world. Now, I would like to present the most interesting and traditional of Uzbek pillow-slips to you. These are handmade embroidered pillow-slips from Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The foundation of embroidery is silk-cotton fabric called "adras". These pillow-slips have a beautiful Floral design. The pattern of embroidery is composed of beautiful floral motifs and pomegranate fruit. Pomegranate is a symbol of fertility because of multiple seeds. The borders of the pillow-slips is edged with embroidered wavy sprouts with charming multicolored small flowers with leaves. These pillow-slips have beautiful colors of embroidery and great workmanship. Stitch: couching. Size: 20 x 20 inches. Condition: excellent. The pillow-slips are sewn without any zipper. Combined shipping read more