Rugs Made by People NOT Machines

I want to share with you what I call a “trendy piece of Art” – a.k.a the Silk Suzani rugs!

Suzanis are flat embroidery rugs that comes from Central Asia – Uzbekistan. In this post I will not go through the history of Suzani rugs but if you are interested you can read it here. You can also see how Suzani can decorate your house on Karen’s blog.

What I want to share with you is the beauty of the Suzanis.

I like Suzani rugs because of their fine embroideries and unconventional motifs. There are actually 2 types of Suzanis:

1. Suzani embroidered with simple needles
2. Suzanis embroidered using Crochet needles

Let’s take some examples and go through the details of these embroideries.

1. Silk Suzani with floral and Pomegranate motifs – simple needle embroideries

Pomegranate Silk Suzani rug

Zooming into the embroideries reveals all the beauty of this pomegranate embroidery:

Pomegranate Suzani motif

2. Crochet needle Silk Suzani with finest Embroideries

Beautiful Crochet needle Silk Suzani

When you look closely, you can see how tiny and fine are the embroideries made by a crochet needle:

Beautiful Crochet needle Silk Suzani flower

As you can see with the details above, good quality silk Suzani embroideries have great details and are beautiful pieces of art. Suzani made with Crochet needles tend to have finer details then Suzanis embroidered with normal needles.

Usually, Suzanis have floral designs but sometimes you can also find some animals motifs in some Suzanis. Here is a good example of a Suzani with Camels that represents the Silk road trade Caravans.

3. Silk Suzani that represents the Silk road Trade Caravans with Camels and traders

Silk Suzani rug with Silk Road trade Caravans of Camels

As you can see in this picture below, this Suzani reflects the trade Camel Caravans crossing on the Silk Road:

Silk Suzani rug with Silk Road trade Caravans of Camels

Or here:

Silk Suzani rug with Silk Road trade Caravans of Camels

These Camel caravans remind me the pictures of Suzan Hardman from Central Asia – Altai area. If interested, you can see other Suzani pictures in our Flickr account.

Do you like Suzanis too? Let me know what you think about them!