Art Textile Fertile valleys with cultivated fields, snow-white from open cotton bolls, foothills with peacefully grazing herds, majestic architecture that delights with its turquoise tiles and mysteriously shimmering gold interiors... This is how Uzbekistan looks – a land located in the very heart of Asia. Due to its unique landscape, a culture of farmers and pastoralists developed here. Landscape polyphony of Uzbekistan created favorable conditions for the development of various types of textiles. The oases were places for the cultivation of kenaf, cotton and silk, and, accordingly, the art of abr silk fabrics, embroidery and prints reached virtuoso heights. Behind the fortified walls of Arks, in the quiet of the court workshops, the skill of gold embroidery was perfected - an elite needlework that met the demands of high society. In turn, the steppes and foothills supplied local markets in abundance with wool and products from it - carpets, including felt ones. Polyphony of “urban” silks and carpets of the steppes, floral and star patterns of suzani and palak that adorned mekhmonkhona walls, ilgich, hung in yurts, still mysterious in their patterns – that all makes up the image of the many-sided Uzbekistan. If you want to get to know the history and culture of our country, just look at its textiles, which will tell you a lot… Author of the Masterpieces of Art of Uzbekistan series, author of the opening speech: Firdavs Abdukhalikov, Board Chairman of the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan, author and manager of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections project. Academic editor of the series and author of the text: Elmira Gyul (Institute of Art Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, academic coordinator of the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections project, Uzbekistan). Design by Lola Radjabova (The Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections project, Uzbekistan).