This exquisitely fine hand stitched suzani (meaning needlework)  throw is made in Uzbekistan.  Size: 210 x 135 cm Suzani means needle work and a great many were and still are made in Uzbekistan and traded in bazaars across the Middle East. Mid 20th century examples...

This exquisitely fine hand stitched suzani (meaning needlework)  throw is made in Uzbekistan.  Size: 216 x 150 cm Suzani means needle work and a great many were and still are made in Uzbekistan and traded in bazaars across the Middle East. Mid 20th century examples...

This exquisitely fine hand stitched suzani (meaning needlework)  throw is made in Uzbekistan.  Size: 216 x 150 cm Suzani means needle work and a great many were and still are made in Uzbekistan and traded in bazaars across the Middle East. Mid 20th century examples...

This exquisitely fine hand stitched suzani (meaning needlework)  throw is made in Uzbekistan.  Size: 212 x 126 cm Suzani means needle work and a great many were and still are made in Uzbekistan and traded in bazaars across the Middle East. Mid 20th century examples...

This exquisitely fine hand stitched suzani (meaning needlework)  throw is made in Uzbekistan.  Size: 206 x 145 cm Suzani means needle work and a great many were and still are made in Uzbekistan and traded in bazaars across the Middle East. Mid 20th century examples...

This exquisitely fine hand stitched suzani (meaning needlework)  throw is made in Uzbekistan.  Size: 218 x 143 cm Suzani means needle work and a great many were and still are made in Uzbekistan and traded in bazaars across the Middle East. Mid 20th century examples...

Ikat Cotton Scarf Cotton scarves from Uzbekistan in a variety of vibrant patterns and colours.  Ikat is an ancient technique in which the pattern is created before the weaving is made, by a remarkable method of resist dying in precisely demarcated lengths...

Screen printed Indian cotton, double layer stitched together with decorative thread. Kantha (kanta), a hindi word, is the old technique of decorative over stitching with a coloured thread, fixing two layers of textile, and is practised widely in India. It’s...

Hand tailored in Nepal, these waistcoats have a pleasing weight. There is an inner pocket. Call or email for more information on sizing if in any doubt. Size: Medium

Bedspread. metal thread and silk on cotton. Cotton backed. Made in Jaipur, India  Size: 246 x 204 cm

Cotton viscose with metal thread  Size: 510 x 115 cm

Silk Kantha Shawls, printed Indian recycled silk over-stitched with coloured cotton threads.

Eri Silk Scarf  Eri silk is also known as endi or errandi in India. The woolly white silk is often referred to as the fabric of peace when it is processed without killing the silkworm. This process results in a silk called...

This exquisitely fine hand stitched suzani (meaning needlework)  throw is made in Uzbekistan.  Size: 260 x 220 cm Suzani means needle work and a great many were and still are made in Uzbekistan and traded in bazaars across the Middle East. Mid 20th century examples...

This exquisitely fine hand stitched suzani (meaning needlework)  throw is made in Uzbekistan.  Size: 200 x 143 cm Suzani means needle work and a great many were and still are made in Uzbekistan and traded in bazaars across the Middle East. Mid 20th century examples...

These exquisitely fine hand stitched suzani (meaning needlework) cushion covers are made in Uzbekistan. The base is satin cotton with very fine chain stitch silk embroidery. This quality of suzani work is the best we have seen anywhere. The inners are pure feather in cotton cambric.  Size: 50 x 50 cms  

Very fine Saddle Bag - Belouch, Afghanistan, Mid 20th Century or earlier. Life for many tribes around the world who depend on animals to subsist has often been a well of textile creativity, spurred on by a kind of joyful...

Made by the Rabari caste of Shepherds, Kutch province, Gujerat. West India 173 x 87 cms

Jainamaz or djoinamaz means prayer niche. The arch shape with its echo of gothic European architecture, represents the mihrab, a window into heaven. This is an original, simple devotional textile, most likely hung on a wall. Size: 158 x 91 cm

  A decorative fringed suzani textile, for putting on a table. Size: 81 x 72 cm

Lakai Segosha - Uzbekistan Used in tribal nomadic life, in a tent, to sit on top and hold together a pile of quilts. No corner of the tent was not worthy of care and decoration. Pride and status is expressed...

The Hotamis of Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, descend from Turkmen tribes who emigrated Westwards from the steppes of Central Asia. This is a rare and very fine fragment, mounted on heavy cotton. Suitable as a hanging or to go on a...

Pulkari work is the technique of silk embroidery. This is a vintage piece, very finely embroidered with radiant silk threads. Mid 20th Century. Size: 70 x 48 cm

Juval, (complete) Turcoman, NE Persia, early C20th Felt and applique bag, early 20th century, Turcoman. The well-used bag is a lovely decorative item as well as being an interesting and rare example of nomadic life, and textile art. Juval, probably...

Lakai Segosha - Uzbekistan Used in tribal nomadic life, in a tent, to sit on top and hold together a pile of quilts. No corner of the tent was not worthy of care and decoration. Pride and status is expressed...

Magnificent Baar Sankhiyo door way cover from the Ahir caste of Kutch, Gujarat, NW India. The elaborate embroidery and mirror work fills every square centimetre as if their could not be enough material to contain the enthusiasm of the person...

Zardosi textile. Metal thread embroidered velvet. Spectacular and delicate embroidery creating a magnificent effect. Prepared for hanging with wooden batten and mirror plates. The Cyprus tree motif around the border has a Mughal/Indian quality. We think it was made in...

Indian pictorial hand printed cotton textile. Size: 189 x 117 cms

Kurdish Bag -  Eastern Turkey, 19th C Size: 71 x 39 cm

Turkish Cotton Ikat.  Size: 560 x 110 cms

Lakai embroidered tent hanging, c 1950. Perhaps to be draped over a not so pretty pile of bedding or boxes, or hung, diagonally, to decorate a space. We are unsure of the significance of the two holes. The spacing perhaps...

Gujarat skirt, 92cms long, waist 62 cms Brightly coloured embroidered skirt from Gujarat. The embroidery is silk and cotton with inlaid ‘mirror work’ on hand woven cotton ground. We think made circa 1960s for quite a slim person!

Lakai suzani, silk embroidery on fine satin silk The Lakai Uzbeks moved from Central Asia in the north and settled in the Kunduz area of northern Afghanistan, after the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. (from TRC Leiden). The arch shaped design...

Lakai suzani, silk embroidery on green cotton ground. The Lakai Uzbeks moved from Central Asia in the north and settled in the Kunduz area of northern Afghanistan, after the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. (from TRC Leiden). This brightly coloured textile...

Silk embroidered silk sari from NW India, Bengali weavers. This very fine, (and amazingly also hand woven) silk material is economically and subtly decorated with expensive silk yarn. Note the least seen part of the sari has little decoration.  Size:...

An exceptional tent band showing the weaver’s great skill and patience. For a mere functional item, we can barely imagine any equivalence in western culture. The band itself shows a remarkably intricate weaving technique known as warp faced inlay brocade....

Ikat,Sikka, Flores island, Indonesia. Natural dyed, hand spun cotton from indigofera and morinda citrifolia, stiffened with tamarind seed starch or similar. Unusually, this textile is in original uncut form, stiff from the loom. In this pristine form a sarong may be...

Decorative table mat or wall hanging 62 x 62 cm

Woven by Anna Gruszczyńska, designed by Anna Kurek, Lodz, Poland, c.1960s. Size: 94 x 72 cm

Double bedspreads - Hand block printed using natural dyes and ancient techniques. The pattern is skilfully made up from individual hand applied printing blocks, in Sanganer, Jaipur, Rajasthan.   This double bedspread is made of 100% cotton and is machine washable, please...

Double bedspreads - Hand block printed using natural dyes and ancient techniques. The pattern is skilfully made up from individual hand applied printing blocks, in Sanganer, Jaipur, Rajasthan.   This double bedspread is made of 100% cotton and is machine washable, please...

Double bedspreads - Hand block printed using natural dyes and ancient techniques. The pattern is skilfully made up from individual hand applied printing blocks, in Sanganer, Jaipur, Rajasthan.   This double bedspread is made of 100% cotton and is machine washable, please...

Jainamaz or djoinamaz means prayer niche. The arch shape with its echo of gothic European architecture, represent the mihrab, facing Mecca and symbolising the window into heaven. Suitable as table cover or wall hanging.  Size: 144 x 84 cm

Saddle Bag - Bergama Yoruk, Anatolia, Turkey Kilim and sumac technique are both employed in this saddle bag, early 20th century. The less than perfect shape perhaps shows the tussle between displaying beauty to enrich their lives, and getting a functioning bag finished...

Hand tailored, fine textured silk with silk lining. Size: Large

Hand tailored, fine textured silk with silk lining. Size: Large

Hand tailored in Nepal, these waistcoats have a pleasing weight. There is an inner pocket. Call or email for more information on sizing if in any doubt

From the collection of Janet Harvey, and part of the The Nomads Tent ‘Textiles of the Southern Silk Route’ exhibition. The Nomads Tent collection of vintage and antique tribal costume. Many of these items were part of our exhibition, ‘Textiles...