In his article in HALI 215, Jeff Spurr sets out to demonstrate an integral link between a brilliant but eccentric and ill-understood subset of antique urban suzanis from the Emirate of Bukhara, and small-scale embroideries created by the Lakai, a rural Uzbek people, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Style Matters: the case for Lakai Suzanis
In his article in HALI 215, Jeff Spurr sets out to demonstrate an integral link between a brilliant but eccentric and ill-understood subset of antique urban suzanis from the Emirate of Bukhara, and small-scale embroideries created by the Lakai, a rural Uzbek people, in the…
Ben Evans
Editor, HALI
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