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Uzbekistan

medieval pomp, splendour, and picturesqueness … a life that one can hardly even realize in this Western civilization of ours

Ella R. Christie Through Khiva to Golden Samarkand (1925)
Uzbekistan Living Treasures: Celebration of Craftsmanship by Assouline, showing the cover and spine.

For your coffee table

Uzbekistan Living Treasures

Celebration of Craftsmanship

Assouline

Uzbek craftsmanship through Laziz Hamani’s lens.

Silk hardcover · Over 250 illustrations

25 × 33 cm

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A close view of the open book showing embroidered fabric and a carved wooden stand.

Some of my Instagram posts from Uzbekistan

Olga at a table framed by intricate blue tilework in Uzbekistan.Olga in an orange dress before a blue-tiled portal in Samarkand.Olga beneath an ornate blue and gold domed ceiling in Uzbekistan.