Purchased over 50 years ago by a member of the Fiedler family who worked for Archer, Daniels, Midland (ADM), traveled to India on company business and acquired this shawl. Workmanship reflects Spanish and Italian shawl weaving but shawls produced in Spain and Italy are square whereas this is rectangular. A suggestion was made that possibly a Por...
The bukhani is the piece of cloth wrapped over a groom's turban and head to protect the jewelry worn while riding a horse to the wedding.Silk embroidery thread on cotton cloth.
The bukhani is the piece of cloth wrapped over a groom's turban and head to protect the jewelry worn while riding a horse to the wedding.Cotton embroidery thread on cotton cloth.
Although typically called a wedding turban, the bukhani is worn over the groom's head during his procession to the bride's home to protect the gold jewelry he is wearing.The Sonda are a Rajput group.
John Gillow describes this piece as about 40 4ply cords of goat hair are wrapped around a short stick. Then with a wooden needle the cord adjacent to the first is split in two and the first cord worked. Through it and then through the next one and so on till it reaches down diagonally to the selvedge and then it is worked again diagonally down i...
Normally Lakshmi is portrayed with two elephants spraying water on her. In eastern India water represents prosperity so Lakshmi here is portrayed by a lotus and fish surround her.Cotton embroidery thread on cotton cloth.
In 1966 on my first trip to India Mrs. Urrmila Mahendra Parekh one morning had a showing of some her saris since she had heard I had an interest in textiles. Stunning sari after stunning sari was shown to me and this wonderful morning might be considered one of several textile-related experiences that sparked my sustained interest in the textile...
Although typically called a wedding turban, the bukhani is worn over the groom's head during his procession to the bride's home to protect the gold jewelry he is wearing.
Although typically called a wedding turban, the bukhani is worn over the groom's head during his procession to the bride's home to protect the gold jewelry he is wearing.
Combining tie and dye and block printing is very difficult to do well. Item http://purl.umn.edu/201228 has the same motif but with a different color palate.
Combining tie and dye and block printing is very difficult to do well. Item http://purl.umn.edu/201411 has the same motif but with a different color palate.
