Embroidered Textile with Prayer Niche (suzani with mihrab)
Uzbec or Tadjic tribes of Central Asia, 19th century
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Embroidered Textile with Prayer Niche (suzani with mihrab)
Uzbec or Tadjic tribes of Central Asia, 19th century
Physical Qualities
Cotton, silk, 115 1/2 × 69 1/4 in. (293.4 × 175.9 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.1986.13
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1950; Etta Cone, Baltimore, Maryland
A. Jones, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "Textiles from the Cone Collection," September 2 - November 23, 1986, no catalogue.
Markings: Embroidered tag (silver on black ground) "Claribel Cone" sewn to upper right hand corner of the reverse side. Lower right corner of mihrab in black ink : (see Accession Worksheet in file) 1--07 1-0 (marks not very legible). Lower right corner of djoinamaz in brown ink: "445" and "I55" (not completely legible)
