Suzani Embroidery in Central Asia

As old cults and religions were replaced by new ones, astral symbols transformed into vegetative and floral symbols, as seen in Surkhandarya Suzanis. Some of the designs in Bukhara, Nurata and Shahrisabz Suzanis were influenced by the professional artists and carpet designers, who worked in the courts of the Muslim rulers. They created compositions with palmettes and meandering leaves, and blossoming branches of leaves and flowers with central moon or star motives.

With the advance of t...