956 Vintage Rabari Embroidered Textiles from Kutch Gujarat - Pair for a Dowry Bag material_beads hand-embroidered with silk floss

hand-embroidered with silk floss

Lapels appear to be synthetic

A Shawl / odhana similar to the Ludhi format but made in cotton

then the threads are laid out parallel to each other and dyed according to the design intended

This manuscript palm leaf artwork from Odisha

956 Vintage Rabari Embroidered Textiles from Kutch Gujarat - Pair for a Dowry Bag material_beads hand-embroidered with silk flossPair of Vintage Rabari Embroidered Panels from Gujarat Originally intended to be stitched together on three sides to make a dowry bag. Applique & Embroidery work Full of character and identity of Debariya Rabaris of Kutch Gujarat Estimated to be from the '70s *** This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains,