UZBEK FULLY EMBROIDERED BY HAND SILK OY PALYAK TASHKENT

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UZBEK SILK HANDMADE EMBROIDERY- OY PALYAK This is beautiful and very striking Suzani from Tashkent . It is a piece of full silk handmade embroidery. The foundation of embroidery is Cotton fabric. Tashkent Suzani is very unique. The Tashkent Suzani used simplicity and geometric designs to create their visual effects. Often this simplicity in design created a more overwhelming effect than the detailed work of the neighbors regions. The most important element of the Tashkent Suzanis is the motif, particularly the Central Ornament that represented the moon or the Sun. In almost all Tashkent suzanis, one sees the large overwhelming round shapes. This type of suzani is named Oy Palyak, it means Lunar Firmament. Some have come to the conclusion that while most Uzbek Suzani's motifs were expressing prosperity by using flowers and vegetation the natural order of fertility, Tashkent pieces mainly gave a tribute to the Sun or Moon as Central base of fertility. The whole surface of this suzani is covered with 100% silk handmade embroidery. T is a large roundel in the centre of the field. Around this very large central roundel are ten slightly smaller red medallions. The four yellow segments of the central roundel are decorated with an astonishing display of tiny circles bearing stars, star-shaped blossoms, and other small flowers. The total effect is overwhelming: very few examples of this type have the same dense complexity of palette and pattern and design. It is a work of great labor, patience and skill. Excellent stitches are used was a legend about the creation of Palyak suzani in Uzbekistan . Many years ago t was a magic herb called "Saxifrage" in the high mountains. It had a terrific power that could destroy even an iron sword. Saxifrage was hidden from human's eye in the high mountain valleys. Everybody wanted to know the way to find and gain its power. It is supposed that t is a map depicted on each Palyak. Palyak was a creation of Turkic craftswomen. Each woman passed the story of her husband about the wabouts of Saxifrage in her needle-work. The Palyak map was passed down from generation to generation and it was hung above the couch in a bedchamber and only members of a family could see it. The mountain with Saxifrage was guarded by two snakes (that is why roundels of palyaks are surrounded with two lines). And only the bravest and strongest man could get that magic grass. That man who owned the flower of the grass could overcome any obstacles and troubles. This grass is also believed to have wonderful power in the present days. One of the reasons of it is that the decoction and tinctures prepared from it have a subversive power indeed. Nowadays, legends and stories about Saxifrage are forgotten and palyaks are embroidered with other reasons. But you may still meet old women in the villages situated in the high mountains, who will never let you in the room w a Palyak is hung, as they are afraid to discover the secret of their husbands and fathers. Stitch: couching. Size: 62 x 84 inches Condition: excellent. This fully embroidered Oy Palyak from Tashkent is a genuine sample of skill and quality of Uzbek silk handmade embroidery. Interested in more Uzbek textiles articles - keep on Watching next items on my auction! Please pay attention to the settings of your display (particularly color pallet). We give the original colors of our items. Feel free to email me with any questions before bidding. Call this Minneapolis number 7632191819 (US, MN), and you will reach us in Tashkent from 9am to 5pm by Tashkent/Karachi time. is the timetable: /Go/ConvertIt/World_Time/Clock.ASP Please contact me beforehand if you want combined shipping. We expect payments within 10 days of purchase. Combined shipping within 10 days. Please note that non paid items will be given according feedbacks . Please read the payment and ... read more

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