12 Chaklas from Gujarat
Size:
Different sizes
Region:
Saurashtra, Gujarat, India
Age/Period:
late 19th century
Material:
Cotton, embroidered with silk and discs of mirror glass.
Condition:
very good, signs of use
Description:
Chakla (square hanging), embroidered in heer (floss silk) on cotton in elongated darn stitch, which runs in both horizontal and vertical direction ( in the manner of Punjabi Phulkari work)
Kathipa Style, first practised by the women of the Kathi landlord caste.
More details here:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1782&context=tsaconf
| Chakla-01 | 100 x 105cm | SOLD |
| Chakla-02 | 95 x 102cm | Little mirrors Very good condition |
| Chakla-03 | 87 x 90cm | Little mirrors Excellent condition |
| Chakla-04 | 94 x 94cm | Little mirrors Good ; little worn off |
| Chakla-05 | 110 x 115cm | Little mirrors Good condition; a little worn off |
| Chakla-06 | 102 x 102cm | Little mirrors Very worn off |
| Chakla-07 | 91 x 91cm | Little mirrors Mashru border Very good condition; little worn off |
| Chakla-08 | 101 x 101cm | Little mirrors Good condition; a little worn off and one spot |
| Chakla-09 | 102 x 104cm | Little mirrors Good ; little worn off |
| Chakla-10 | 94 x 97cm | Little mirrors Excellent condition |
| Chakla-11 | 74 x 77cm | Little mirrors Very good |
| Chakla-12 | 92 x 92cm | Little mirrors Excellent condition |
05-EURE
