‘BAGH‘ (GARDEN) TEXTILE

Early 20th century
Handwoven, cotton, floss silk, mixed dyes
86.5 x 48.25 in (220 x 122.5 cm)

This lot will be shipped in a roll

A Bagh (garden) textile embroidered using floss silk threads on hand-spun cotton fabric dyed in brick red. 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. The present lot displays a design with diagonally laid squares.