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Lockdown Gift Ideas for 2020 - Satin Ajrakh Scarves

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Lockdown Gift Ideas for 2020 - Satin Ajrakh Scarves

The ancient technique of Ajrakh printing has been used to decorate these smooth satin scarves made in a co-operative in the deserts of India.

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Desert Flowers - Embroidered Textiles of Afghanistan.

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Desert Flowers - Embroidered Textiles of Afghanistan.

Our talk to the Embroiderers Guild continued the theme of embroidered wedding shawls with an excursion to Afghanistan where the embroidery style is mostly geometric in design. 

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Desert Flowers - the Embroidered Textiles of Rajasthan & Gujarat.

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Desert Flowers - the Embroidered Textiles of Rajasthan & Gujarat.

It seems that the more barren the landscape the greater is the desire for colour and the women of all these regions use colourful embroidery to embellish clothes and furnishings. 

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Indian Furniture - Carved Wooden Designs

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Indian Furniture - Carved Wooden Designs

This beautiful carved chair is in the old town of Nawalgarh in Rajasthan. The seat is strung like a charpoy and the back has wonderful carved peacocks.

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Tied up in Knots - Bandhani, Gujarat | Silk Road Gallery

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Tied up in Knots - Bandhani, Gujarat | Silk Road Gallery

Bandhani is an intricate technique that produces spectacular textiles with patterns of different coloured dots. In Gujarat I find the answer to a question that's puzzled me for years.

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