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Indian Phulkari Wedding Textile, Silk & Cotton Embroidery, first half of the 20th Century.

Indian Phulkari Wedding Textile, Silk & Cotton Embroidery, first half of the 20th Century.

Four panels sewn together. Measure 250x139 cm.

Wear, stains.

Provenance

Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Literature

This textile is from the Sikh regions of the Punjab. It comprises two terracotta-red homespun cotton panels that have been sewn together by hand. The pieces have been densely embroidered with striking, bright, straw-yellow silk threads and silk threads of other colours in various geometric patterns. The embroidery is so dense that the cotton base cloth is barely visible, and as such it is known as a bagh phulkari. ‘Bagh‘ literally means ‘garden’ – a phulkari that is covered with solid embroidery.

Phulkaris were worn by women all over Punjab during marriage festivals and other festive occasions. They tended to be embroidered by women for their own of other family members’ use rather than were bought in the markets. Phulkaris often were presented to brides at the time of marriage.

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