Bridal silk · chain-stitch
Stitched in
jewel-tone
silk
Solar rosette — sun & protection
Pomegranate flower — fertility
Cypress — life & endurance
The solar rosette — eight rays for the sun, ringed in love-white silk
From the Pamir cloth
Bright silk thread on a deep brick-red bridal ground. Red leads, indigo and green answer, and the off-white is rationed — reserved for the love between bride and groom.