Offered here is a very beautiful rich floral hand-embroidered robe from Tajikistan. Natural silk on natural cotton. Excellent condition. This robe is very light, comfortable, pleasant to touch; it looks very original, oriental and bright.
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<br />Sizes: length-42 in, chest-46 in, From the end of one sleeve up to another-33 in.
<br />length-106,5 cm, chest-117 cm, From the end of one sleeve up to another-84 cm.
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<br />From times immemorial Tajiks have been famous for creations of national craftsmen. These skilful hands have been making fabrics, utensils, musical instruments, carpets, furniture, jewelry and many other things for many centuries using only natural ecologically pure raw materials. Hardly any Tajik textile can do without national artistic embroidery. Central Asian women embroidered their things from time immemorial but in the 19th century embroidery became one of the most developed, popular and prospering kinds of folk art. In the mountains of Tajikistan skilled craftswomen decorated their clothes with embroidered patterns. Nomadic cattlemen created surprising in their embroideries intended for decoration of their tents and silk headdresses. This art has ancient roots and is still used for decoration of carpets    textiles    clothes and souvenirs. Tajiks do this using special needles and cotton    woolen and silk threads as well as precious and semiprecious stones. The most ancient centers of Tajik embroidery are located in the country's north: Ura-Tyube    Khujand    Isfara    Kanibadam    Asht    Pendzhikent.