Antique Silk Embroidered Traditional Wedding Shawl : C20th Gujarat, India antique painting a skilled technique for which

a skilled technique for which Rescht is famous

Would suit a variety of interior settings and would work well as in most interior settings

It has a lovely painterly quality which reminds me of the Bloomsbury artists

The cushions have been finished with wide bands of antique gilt braid contemporary to the brocade

These turban cloths are antique and as such have some of the idiosyncrasies that you’d expect in a loved and used textile of this antiquity

Antique Silk Embroidered Traditional Wedding Shawl : C20th Gujarat, India antique painting a skilled technique for whichItem Details. Dating from the late 19th early 20th century, a fine example of a traditional silk embroidered wedding shawl or cover from Gujarat, India. (Thanks to the wonderful John Gillow whos textile knowledge seems infinite and to whom I always run when I have a relevant question) Hand embroidered with floss silk roundels onto a cream silk satin ground and finished with a magenta silk satin border. This shawl is embroidered in magenta pink silks