Segusha or Bedding Ornament, Uzbekistan

Slim embroidered V with a tidy diamond border and wild loose ends.

This segusha or bedding ornament is from Uzbekistan, and dates to the 20th century. It is embroidered cotton. Embroidery in Central Asia often uses silk or cotton thread in bold floral and sun-like motifs, worked on a plain cotton ground. Shown is a narrow band bent to a shallow V, patterned with rows of small red, white and black diamonds. Multicolored fringe in blue, green, gold and rust hangs below, and long uneven strands spill from the left end. It is 41 inches wide and 28 long.

Neatly stitched, except for the part that escaped.