Phulkari

Phulkari
PHULKARI, PHULCARI
The native term in the Punjab, India, for embroidery executed mostly on chadars, usually with silk, but sometimes with cotton or wool thread, in large bold floral patterns. Some of the best work is done at Amritsar. The richest designs enclose circular pieces of mirror-glass in the centres of flowers. There are three chief varieties : - (1) The true Phulkari having the design dispersed all over. (2) The so-called Bagh (meaning garden) where the entire foundation is embroidered with designs connected with each. (3) Chobes, borders only embroidered, plain centres. The stitches in each case are darning stitches from the back of the fabric. The name means flower (phul) embroidery (kari)

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