960 Vintage Rabari Embroidery from Kutch, Gujarat - Chaakla Pair

Superbly Embroidered Chaaklas, Chaakdas or square decorative patches

Used as wall art in traditional Rabari homes

Cotton base - and most probably all-cotton threads.

Superbly executed extremely dense embroidery that at first-glance could be mistaken for applique or rope-work

Artworks of this quality were usually given as dowry. 

Rabari Tribe

Kutch, India

Age unknown but estimated to be from the 1960s-1970s

Each is about 70 x 66 cm (one is slightly bigger than the other)

One is slightly bigger than the other.

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May be used as cushion cover fronts / bag faces / decorative sideboard mats

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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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