Embroidery
Another embroidery from the museum's Textile, Clothing, Embroidery collection
Shaki large-scale wall panel is performed in a chain stitch technique on wool. A tree of life (a cypress) with peacocks on both sides adorn the embroidery's central field. Pompoms and fringes decorate the edges of the embroidery.
Embroidery. Shaki, Azerbaijan. 19th century. Wool. Chain stitch embroidery. Inv. No. 345
