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A fine susani, embroidered in couched silks, the field worked with leaf lattice of striking large-scale palmettes worked in shades of Venetian red, deep pink, blue and ivory, the borders worked with floral roundels and quinqunxes encircled by greenish-blue leaves--104 x 80in. (264 x 204cm.), Shakrhizabz, mid 19th century, adapted later for use as a curtain, slight damages
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A fine susani, embroidered in couched silks, the field worked with leaf lattice of striking large-scale palmettes worked in shades of Venetian red, deep pink, blue and ivory, the borders worked with floral roundels and quinqunxes encircled by greenish-blue leaves--104 x 80in. (264 x 204cm.), Shakrhizabz, mid 19th century, adapted later for use as a curtain, slight damages

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A fine susani, embroidered in couched silks, the field worked with leaf lattice of striking large-scale palmettes worked in shades of Venetian red, deep pink, blue and ivory, the borders worked with floral roundels and quinqunxes encircled by greenish-blue leaves--104 x 80in. (264 x 204cm.), Shakrhizabz, mid 19th century, adapted later for use as a curtain, slight damages
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