News & Open Times
Happy New Year to everyone! Opening times: Fridays & Saturdays 11-4.30. Online orders posted within 48 hours.
Our recent talk to the Chesterfield Embroiderers "Desert Flowers - the Embroidered Textiles of Gujarat & Afghanistan" was a delightful occasion & great success - thank you to the embroiderers who turned up on a dark wet night & bought our textiles! See a blog of the talk. See our latest blogs Wildlife Paintings of Ladakh and our Celebration of 50 years since we opened our first shop.
It's cold! Time for an extra quilt from this week's featured bedding Collection.
Blog Posts
Wildlife Paintings from Ladakh →
Wonderful paintings of Ladakhi wildlife including the snow leopard who lives high in the more remote mountains.
We Celebrate our 50th Birthday! →
On the 4th November 1974 we opened a small shop in the Sheffield suburbs called Freewheelin'.
Celebration of a very special Vintage Kantha Quilt →
Both Kay and I wanted to keep this beautiful old kantha quilt that we bought a couple of years ago in Jaipur.
Tree of Life Bedspreads →
Our vibrant reversible Tree of Life Bedspreads are full of life with images of birds of many species, flowers, leaves & butterflies.
Travel Blogs from India and the Himalaya
Padmasambhava & Avalokiteshvara, Sani Monastery, Zanskar →
Continuing our look around Sani monastery we find statues of Maitreya, Padmasambhava & his consorts Queen Mandarava and Yeshe Tsogyal.
Journeys in Zanskar - Kanika Chorten at Sani Monastery →
The name Kanika implies the chorten is from the 2nd century Kushan era and named from the emperor Kanishka.
Raniji ki Baori - the Queen's Stepwell at Bundi →
Photos of the Raniji ki Baori Stepwell at Bundi taken at different times of year, in the dry season and after monsoon rain.
The Bawari ki Bas stepwell in Rajasthan →
The Bawari ki Bas stepwell is one of the most beautiful small village wells we've seen and the village headman seems delighted that we love it so much.
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Tel: 0114 267 8222
Email: staff@silkroadgallery.co.uk