Embroidered Festival Door Hanging With Applique, India (Toran), Early-Mid 20th C.

Silk Embroidered Festival Door Hanging (Toran), India, Early-Mid 20th C. The toran was thought to attract the Indian Goddess of wealth and money, Lakshmiji. Size: 4'8'' x 2'5'' (142 x 74 cm). Provenan

Long Embroidered Tent Band/Door Decoration (Toran), India, Early-Mid 20th C. The toran was thought to attract the Indian Goddess of wealth and money, Lakshmiji. Size: 14'6'' x 2'1'' (442 x 64 cm). Pro

Embroidered Festival Decoration For Cow, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Cotton, applique, embroidery. Size: 4'2'' x 5'3'' (127 x 160 cm). Provenance: The Carol Summers Collection of Indian Folk Textiles.

Kanduri Embroidered Textile With Applique, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Shrine cloth offered to the shrine of Salar Masud, Uttar Pradesh. Kanduri iconography often features a palace/temple, a wagon drawn

Kanduri Embroidered Textile With Applique, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Shrine cloth offered to the shrine of Salar Masud, Uttar Pradesh. Kanduri iconography often features a palace/temple, a wagon drawn

Kanduri Embroidered Textile With Applique, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Shrine cloth offered at the tomb of Salar Masud in Varley, Uttar Pradesh. Kanduri iconography often features a palace/temple, a wago

Kanduri Embroidered Textile With Applique, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Shrine cloth offered at the tomb of Salar Masud in Varley, Uttar Pradesh. Kanduri iconography often features a palace/temple, a wago

Kanduri Embroidered Textile With Applique, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Shrine cloth offered at the tomb of Salar Masud in Varley, Uttar Pradesh. Kanduri iconography often features a palace/temple, a wago

Embroidered Quilt Covers With Applique, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Handwoven cotton base with embroidery and applique. Size: 4'1'' x 6'11'' (124 x 211 cm). Provenance: The Carol Summers Collection of In

Embroidered Pieced Patchwork Textile With Applique, India, Early-Mid 20th C. With blockwork and tie dye patches. Size: 3'0'' x 2'10'' (91 x 86 cm). Provenance: The Carol Summers Collection of Indian F

Embroidered Festival Quilt Cover (Ochhad), Patanvadi Rabari, Gujarat, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Silk embroidery on hand spun and woven cotton. Used to cover piles of blankets or textiles stacked agains

3 Embroidered Textiles With Applique And Cowrie Shells, Banjara People, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Ref: A Treasury of Indian Folk Textiles, Carol Summers, 2002, Page 58. Size: 2'0'' x 1'10'' (61 x 56 cm

4 Finely Stitched Embroidered Applique Cotton Toran/Valance, India, Mid 20th C. Size: 1) 3'10'' x 2'5'' (117 x 74 cm). 2) 3'11'' x 2'5'' (119 x 74 cm). 3) 4'1'' x 2'5'' (124 x 74 cm). 4) 4'7'' x 2'8''

Three Embroidered Dowry Bags, Gujarat, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Cotton applique and embroidery with mirrorwork. Rabari people. Such bags were used to pack th e bride's things when she moved from her p

Large Embroidered Textile With Mirrorwork, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Cotton and silk with applique and mirrorwork. Size: 5'11'' x 5'11'' (180 x 180 cm). Provenance: The Carol Summers Collection of Indi

Beautiful Indian toran (door decoration) embroidered with silk and cotton and embellished with beads, tassels and mirrorwork, Gujarat, India. mid 20th c. Torans are used to decorate the main entrance

Indian Embroidered Festival Decoration For Cow, Mid-Late 20th C. Cotton, applique, embroidery. Known as a sacred cow textile, it was used to decorate the holy cows during special occasions such as wed

Handstitched Bed Cover With Applique, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Handwoven cotton base with silk and cotton applique. Size: 3'10'' x 5'9'' (117 x 175 cm). Provenance: The Carol Summers Collection of Ind

4 Embroidered Textiles, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Including 2 chaupar textile game boards, a Bandari red embroidered panel and one with figurative and floral motif. Size: Ranging from 18'' x 27'', 46 x

6 Embroidered Chaklas, India, Early-Mid 20th C. Cotton and silk. Chaklas were ceremonial cloths (the square being auspicious) embroidered by the bride for her trousseau and used during the wedding cer

Kanduri Embroidered Textile With Applique, India, Early 20th C. Shrine cloth offered at the tomb of Salar Masud in Varley, Uttar Pradesh. Kanduri iconography often features a palace/temple, a wagon dr

Kanduri Embroidered Textile With Applique, India, Early 20th C. Shrine cloth offered to the shrine of Salar Masud, Uttar Pradesh. Kanduri iconography often features a palace/temple, a wagon drawn by h

Miao Embroidered Wall Hanging, China, Early-Mid 20th C. Hanging of varied cotton ground fabrics with center field of embroidered birds and fruits, and wide embroidered border of floral and butterfly p

Embroidered Applique Quilt Cover, India, Mid 20th C. Cotton, satin. Size: 4'4'' x 7'0'' (132 x 213 cm). Provenance: The Carol Summers Collection of Indian Folk Textiles.