752 Green Silk Velvet Ferghana Valley Uzbekistan Hat

#752      Green silk velvet cap created from four triangles with a base rim. Black basting stitches create a narrow ribbing effect while also securing the red cotton lining; This technique is called piltado’zi and rolled wadding of cotton or paper have been inserted inside the rows of quilting; There are silk embroidered images in on all triangles and along the base; 22” circumference; Fergha Region of Uzbekistan; excellent condition; c late 20^th c; p 150 -151: Cotton and Silk Textiles from the Central Asia that was by Susan Meller