Do you know what bolinpush is?

Graceful patterns were embroidered on a light base consisting of four bands of handmade cotton linen in a rich spectrum of delicate shades, which is typical for the Bukhara school. The feeling of a variety of shades enhances the incoherent staining of embroidery silk threads. As a result, the threads also seem to have different thicknesses. With the exception of three blue flowers on the border embroidered using the bosma, all the work was done with chain stitch. The rows of stitches in the form of chains for large motifs are made to make it more picturesque. The embroidery pattern does not match up on certain parts, adding to the homemade charm.
 

At the end of the 19th century, the colors of Bukhara embroidery became sharper and more contrasting. This sample is sewn from four strips of unpainted homemade cotton fabric (calico). Silk embroidery thread is also of the same type as the previous bolinpush, but it is dyed even more incoherently, with a contrast effect. In the embroidery made with chain stitch, double chain stitch and bosma, there are a lot of intentionally unfinished motifs – for example, the top flower in the right side of the central field. This embroidery can be found in the National Gallery in Prague.

You can learn more about the topic in the book-album "The Collection of the Czech Republic" (Volume XVI) in the series "Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections".

The main sponsor of the project is the oilfield services company Eriell-Group.