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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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Peacocks at the Silk Road - Curtains, Paintings & a Brooch

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Peacocks at the Silk Road - Curtains, Paintings & a Brooch

Peacocks as a motif decorating textiles, furniture and jewellery - a wonderful image that suggests exuberant beauty, seduction, heat and a lazy indolence.

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Kantha Scarves with a Vintage Twist

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Kantha Scarves with a Vintage Twist

Kantha scarves are handstitched using both long and short strokes giving texture to the silk that you just want to reach out and touch. 

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Red Silks from India

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Red Silks from India

Think of India and the colour you maybe think of is red. Red symbolises happiness and good fortune. Hindu women get married in red, the tilak mark on the forehead is red vermilion.

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