Bugzhoma or Bedding Ornament, Uzbekistan

Red cloth whose cream scalloped flowers look like frosted cookies.

This bugzhoma, or bedding ornament is from Uzbekistan, and dates to the 20th century. It is embroidered cotton. Uzbekistan has a long tradition of embroidery, and women have often stitched textiles for the household and for a bride's dowry. What shows is a nearly square red textile with a rounded corner and a black-ground border of large scalloped cream rosettes. A smaller group of the same flowers fills the inner corner. A thick fringe of gray, tan, and purple threads hangs along two edges. It is 31 inches wide.

Soft, round, and rather pleased with its own frosting.