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textile
latter half of 20th Century
Labelled as "South Indian silk with Zari border". A fine, light weight dark green silk sari length with dense gold brocade border.
salwar kameez
Indian cotton cottage industry (1921-)
Labelled as "light blue cotton tunic". This is a plain weave cotton tunic with a front placket opening and white hand embroidered floral patterns arranged in striped and diagonal arrangements. The sa...
Wedding shawl
before 1947
An embroidered wedding shawl or 'bagh' (garden). The design is typically outlined in green thread. Wedding shawls were made in the Punjab by the female members of the family, usually the grandmot...
square hanging
late 20th Century
Heavily hand embroidered square hanging or Chakla, possibly from Saurashtra, Gujarat, in the Kathipa style. It is worked with elongated darn, satin, herringbone, couching, open chain and chain stitche...