PHULKARI (‘FLOWER WORK’) TEXTILE

Early 20th century
Handwoven and hand embroidered, cotton, floss silk, mixed dyes
105.31 x 58.07 in (267.5 x 147.5 cm)

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A Phulkari (‘flower work’) textile embroidered using floss silk threads on a hand spun cotton fabric dyed in a brick red colour. These textiles originate from undivided Punjab, prior to the partition of India in 1947. The historical region includes what is now Pakistani Punjab, including the further northern edge of Hazara and parts of the modern Indian states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. This example shows the latticed flowers or guldasta design.