843 SOLD Vintage Golden Vari da Bagh Phulkari Textile

Sold to a discerning Antique Art-Lover

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Wedding Textile Art from Punjab usually created by the grandmother, mother & aunts of the bride over several years. Handmade cotton cloth is embroidered with silk. Used at the wedding and subsequently throughout life at other family ceremonies.

Golden Super glossy Varida Bagh

Super soft silkfloss on handwoven coarse cotton

TEXTILE ART FORM: Silk Embroidery completely covering the Handmade cotton base

PATTERN / MOTIF: All Gold Bagh

BASE CLOTH MATERIAL: Handwoven Cotton

BASE CLOTH COLOR: Rich Brown

NUMBER OF PANELS IN BASE CLOTH: 4 patches

STITCH LAYOUT TYPE: Multiple types

SIZE: 130cm x 242cm

AGE: Estimated to be from the mid 1900s

REGION: Punjab, Undivided India

COMMUNITY: Hindu

NOTES: 1) 2 shades of golden thread used

2) Has Nazar Butti

3) Long edges embroidered for protection

4) Orientation of stitches manipulated to provide impact.

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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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