610 SOLD Old Phulkari Bagh Textile with Belan Motif

Sold to a discerning Antique Art-Lover

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Old Phulkari Bagh

Small neatly laid out stitches on handwoven coarse cotton

With the Rolling Pin or "Belan" motif

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.

 

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

 

PATTERN / MOTIF: Belan or Rolling Pin

BASE CLOTH MATERIAL: Handwoven Cotton

BASE CLOTH COLOR: Brown

NUMBER OF PANELS IN BASE CLOTH: 3

STITCH LAYOUT TYPE: Plain blanket stitch

SIZE: 128cm x 246cm

AGE: Estimated to be from the mid 1900s

REGION: Punjab, Undivided India
COMMUNITY: Hindu or Sikh

 

NOTES:1)White thread used is raw silk or cotton

2) The long edges have been embroidered to seal / protect the textile

This item has lived a hearty life being used within the cultural context of the creators. Signs of this life are present in the form of stains, thread loss & other imperfections.

 

 

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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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