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BAGH (‘GARDEN’) TEXTILE


Estimate: Rs 25,000-Rs 50,000 ( $305-$610 )


BAGH (‘GARDEN’) TEXTILE

Early 20th century
Handwoven, cotton, floss silk, mixed dyes
99.5 x 55.5 in (253 x 141 cm)

This lot will be shipped in a roll


A ‘Bagh’ (garden) 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 the Punjab province of Pakistan, the further northern edge of Hazara, and parts of the modern Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh.This example shows eighty square panels, each divided into eight colourful triangles that represent dancing flowers.