Label for: "Collecting Matisse and the Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters," The Jewish Museum May 11, 2011 - September 25, 2011, circulating to The Vancouver Art Gallery, May 11, 2011-September 25, 2011, The Nasher Museum of Art November 1, 2012 - February 10, 2012: Cover or Mat (Borpush Suzani), 19th century Uzbekistan Cotton, multicolored silk embroidery threads The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, BMA 1950.1986.12 Label for: "Textiles from the Cone Collection, Baltimore Museum of art, Sept. 2-Nov. 23, 1986, no catalogue: BORPUSH Uzbekistan, U.S.S.R. Cotton ground, silk embroidery threads The Cone collection TNE 3.7 1950/86.12 Central Asian embroideries of this type are sometimes generally referred to as suzani (derived from the Persian word for needle "suzan"). However, a textile of this size is more correctly called a borpush. Such embroideries played a vital role in Central Asian society where they decorated the mosques and courts of the cities of Bokhara, Tashkent, and Samarkand. They also constituted the most prized items included in the dowries of prespective brides. An older woman in the family or a professional artist (kalamkash) drew the design. The panels were then separated, embroidered individually by the women of the bride's family, and reassembled, resulting in slight discrepancies in the pattern.