EditorialBand, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, Bokhara couching, herringbone, outline and French knot stitches on plain weave, Wide border with design of birds on uprights stems bearing flowers and leaves, fish with ...
EditorialHanging, Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered, Large embroidered panel with a field filled with floral boteh forms and a deep border with open flower heads and curving vines and leaves. The field has an eight-pointed star...
EditorialBand, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in bokhara couching stitch on plain weave, Wide border of heavy linen embroidered in two shades of red, blue, green and black. Large, bold pattern of tulips alternating with heavi...
EditorialBand, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, Bokhara couching, herringbone, outline and French knot stitches on plain weave, Wide border with design of birds on uprights stems bearing flowers and leaves, fish with ...
EditorialHanging, Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered, Large embroidered panel with a field filled with floral boteh forms and a deep border with open flower heads and curving vines and leaves. The field has an eight-pointed star...
EditorialBed cover (suzani), Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain and Bokhara couching stitches on plain weave foundation Label: cotton, embroidered with silk in chain and Bokhara couching stitches, Bed cover or suzani in...
EditorialSindtree on the eastern branch of the Indus. Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; also, Narrative of a voyage on the Indus in the years 1831, 1832, and 1833 [With illustrations, including a port...
EditorialA map of central Asia and the recent Russian acquisitions in Turkestan. The Russians in Central Asia: their occupation of the Kirghiz Steppe and the lives of the Syr-Daria: their political relations with Khiva, Bokhara, and Kokan: also descriptions of ...
EditorialA map of Central Asia. Central Asia: comprising Bokhara, Cabool, Persia, the River Indus & countries eastward of it ... Constructed from ... the original M. S. Surveys of Lieut. A. Burnes ... By ... J. Arrowsmith. 1834. 150 English miles [= 55mm]. Lond...
EditorialSindtree on the eastern branch of the Indus. Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; also, Narrative of a voyage on the Indus in the years 1831, 1832, and 1833 [With illustrations, including a port...
Editorial'Costume of Bohhara'. Portrait of the author, Sir Alexander Burnes, in disguise. . Travels into Bokhara; being the account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia; also, Narrative of a voyage on the Indus in the years 1831, 1832, and 18...
EditorialHybrids of Tulipa batalinii and Bokhara tulip, Tulipa linifolia. Silkscreen botanical illustration by Elsie Katherine Dykes from William R. Dykes' Notes on Tulip Species, Herbert Jenkins Ltd., London, 1930.