Antique Traditional Silk Embroidered Indigo Phulkari Panel : early C20th Hissar District, Punjab Geisha Hand embroidered with floss silk

Hand embroidered with floss silk roundels onto a cream silk satin ground and finished with a magenta silk satin border

this long coat was worn for formal occasions such as visiting friends

Dating from the early 1900s

All of the textiles we sell are antique and as such may have idiosyncrasies

An overall patina of age and fading to the original bright orange

Antique Traditional Silk Embroidered Indigo Phulkari Panel : early C20th Hissar District, Punjab Geisha Hand embroidered with floss silkItem Details. A large size panel of traditional hand indigo khaddar hand loomed cotton cloth displaying Phulkari work of the Bishnui caste of Bhantinda Hissar District, Punjab, hand embroidered with glossy terracotta gold and yellow floss silk Phulkari work with embroidered mirror work. Phulkari translating as literally field of flowers, these panels were made originally as Gaghra or skirt panels which would have been gathered into a waist band and