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My Favourite Things - Appliqued Bedspreads from Barmer
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Our beautiful Appliquéd Bedspreads from Barmer are made by a process of reverse appliqué, a technique where one of two layers of fabric is cut away to produce a pattern, and embroidery added to the exposed under-layer.
Special Places to Stay in Rajasthan - Neemrana Fort Palace
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Wandering round the myriad staircases, corridors and battlements of Neemrana, finding the old water tank, sitting on the carved stone pavilions under the shade of chhatris, looking out over the countryside in the early morning - for a while you can have the rare experience of feeling like you're actually on holiday.
Indian Miniatures,Textiles & Stepwells
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We're just back from a whirlwind tour of small towns in Rajasthan, Indian's colourful desert state of ancient forts. We've been in search of Indian miniature paintings and beautiful textiles and also something that's fascinated me for years - ancient stepwells or baoris. Stepwells are like huge inverted pyramids cut deep into the ground in search of the fluctuating water table. In the dry landscape of Rajasthan there are no rivers. Lined with stone with sometimes hundreds of steps down to the water they became refuges from the heat and a place to rest and socialise. They were built between the...
Indian Bedspreads
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We've been selling beautiful Indian bedspreads for over 40 years! We opened our first store in 1974 with minimal stock: a waterbed we'd made from recycled timber joists, striped Indian dhurrie rugs, handmade pottery from a wonderful man called Don Rushton, rush matting, art nouveau posters that I'd block mounted, recycled Spanish wine glasses, a few handmade candles, cards - and Indian bedspreads. This purple bedspread is made from Mangalgiri cotton, handwoven on pit looms in a small region near Hyderabad in South India. It's a special cotton, very fine yet strong, that can only be woven at a certain...
The Silk Road to England
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The Silk Road, sometimes called the Silk Route spread across Asia from China to Italy and from Mongolia to India. But To England? Well, let's think: the Silk Road was a trading route for silk and many other precious commodities as well as a conduit for ideas, philosophy, religion and knowledge. But the Silk Road was originally a trading route for silk. And, being in a little bit tongue in cheek, in the modern day we've extended the Silk Road to England, on this site alone we have silk weaving and embroideries from India, Laos, Indonesia and Afghanistan. So yes, silks from...