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Embroidery and Mirror work
Be it a turban, a flared skirt, a veil or a sari the colour combinations are unusual
and brilliant. The women of Rajasthan have mastered the art of embroidering fabrics.
Embroidery of Rajasthan brings new character and dimension to any article that it
graces. It is an ancient craft, which has changed over time to reflect the prevailing
social, material and sometimes even the political mood of the times. The needles
on different cloths do the embroidery work. The women of Rajasthan are expert in
this field and can make very attractive embroidery works on various clothes like
in quilts, skirts (gharries), shawls, bed covers and in many more others.
The most particularly ornamented fabrics and articles found in Rajasthan are often
those for personal adornment. In Rajasthan, some form of embroidery invariably embellishes
the three garments worn by women, the kanchli, ghaghra and odhni. Similarly mens
garments like the angarkha, achkan and jama also display certain elements of embroidery.
It is also used to beautify the household items, like bedspreads, wall hangings
and animal trappings.
Embroidery of Rajasthan becomes the expression of girls, who usually never learn
to read or write. These young artists begin their training at the early age of seven
or eight, thus learning to create exquisite patterns on plain fabric. A wide variety
of techniques are used in the embroidery of costumes and textiles. Some of the popular
styles are, among others, metal embroidery, gota work, and sufbharat.
Jaisalmer is the center for trading of embroidery and mirror work items. The saddle
of camels and horses of Rajasthan are decorated with embroidery. Even the shoes
of Rajasthan are embroidered with varieties of coloured threads. In the temples
of Rajasthan, a cloth hanging named the pichwai of Nathdwara can be found, which
is also very nicely embroidered. In some cases, the embroidery is done with golden
threads to highlight the design. Generally, the pichwai has red cotton background
and the stitches are in cream, green, yellow and black, while the white colour is
used for the outlines. The motifs of tree, birds and animals are generally embroidered
on their skirts (ghagras). Again the women of Bikaner use chunky red woolen shawl
with a running stitch in a bandhi pattern in their embroidery.
There are several communities of Rajasthan, who are involved in making leather products
and embroideries on them. In the knucklepad leather products, miniature landscapes
and festive scenes are embroidered like in Rajput paintings. In these embroidery
works of Rajasthan, the minute details of the embroidery are worked out and the
group compositions are done carefully. The scenes embroidered here are mainly of
human figures as well as floral and bird designs. In Bikaner and Jaisalmer the embroidered
leather saddles are very popular. The Jaisalmer embroidery also applies mirror works
sometimes to provide a visual impact.
Buy locally produced handicraft, mirror work, embroidered articles, pattu shawls,
wooden boxes, trinkets,tie & dye work on woolen shawls & cotton fabric, Barner furniture
& Khadi clothes.
Famous shopping centers in Jaisalmer are Sada Bazar, Sunaron ka Bass, Manak Chowk,
Pansari Bazar, Rajasthali and Khadi Gramudyog Emporium.
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