India · Textile Arts / Embroidery
سوزنی (sozni, sozani, suzani); worker = sozankar; double-sided = dorukha
Fine needlework from Srinagar, Kashmir, in which a sozankar covers a printed design on pashmina or fine wool with a couching-and-reinforcing stitch worked so that both sides of the cloth look identical (dorukha). The pattern is stamped from carved walnut-wood blocks by a naqash, then embroidered in silk or cotton in two or three colors; styles run from light 'jali' work to full 'tuki jama' coverage that can take a year or more. Registered as the Kashmir Sozani Geographical Indication in 2006.
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