543 Vintage Checkerboard Phulkari Bagh with Gorgeous colors

Vintage Checkerboard Phulkari Bagh with flame orange colors of Spring flowers

Soft Silk floss

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

PATTERN / MOTIF: Checkerboard

BASE CLOTH MATERIAL: Handwoven Cotton

BASE CLOTH COLOR: Brown

 
NUMBER OF PANELS IN BASE CLOTH: 3

STITCH LAYOUT TYPE: Long Dovetail that results in a complete covering up of the base cloth rendering it invisible

 
SIZE: 146cm x 270cm

AGE: Age unknown but estimated to be 50-60 years old

REGION: Punjab, Undivided India COMMUNITY: Hindu or Sikh

NOTES: 1) Five colors of silk used including unusual shades of Khaki

2) Shell motifs seen in one border

3) Silk has softened beautifully with age

4)some thread loss in dispersed spots, some with glue repairs.

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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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