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The loose embroidery, curved-tree motifs, and thread colors of this work suggest it was made in Pathankot (modern Himachal Pradesh). This ancient city in the Himalayan foothills of northern India long served as a center for travel into and out of that great mountain range. The sharing of motifs, especially within regions, suggests that embroiderers worked from a common repertoire of forms. This sharing occurred both by motifs being passed down through the generations and by the circulation of actual textiles.
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Title: | Phulkari |
Date: | First half of the 20th century |
Artist: | Artist/maker unknown, Punjabi |
Medium: | Handspun cotton plain weave (khaddar) with silk embroidery in darning, chain, running, stem, split, and Cretan stitches |
Dimensions: | 7 feet 11 1/2 inches × 47 1/2 inches (242.6 × 120.7 cm) |
Classification: | Textiles |
Credit Line: | The Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Phulkari Collection |
Accession Number: | 2017-9-7 |
Geography: | Made in Punjab, eastern Punjab, India, Asia Possibly made in Pathankot, Punjab, eastern Punjab, India, Asia |
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