Friday 18 October 2013

Amritsar

Textiles were not supposed to be a highlight when we visited Amritsar - in fact they were a bit of a bonus. The gallery we visited dealt in antiques, carpets and household textiles.



I explained that I was doing a course and the owners' wife showed me items that demonstrated a wide variety of techniques many of which I knew something about from my earlier research.

Phulkari

Front


Back
More phulkari


And more - it's so varied in it's density and design



Pashminas


Incredible optical effects on a pashmina

Silk embroidery

I wanted it all

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