A classic example of Central Asian textile art, an embroidery of a type that is said to come from Nurata, a oasis center on the steppes.

Such suzanis were made as dowry items, as well as produced for commercial purposes as well.  Given the information given in the Hale/Fitzgibbon book on Uzbek embroidery, we must not allow our thoughts on these things to stray in the realm of the romantic.  Good art is good art, whether it was produced for trade or dowry.

The condition is ok, the ground cloth had some holes in ith that have been professionally backed with a similarly colored cloth.  The embroidery itself is virtually untouched by any of the damage that the textile incurred at some point in the past.