Record 102/293 |
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Description
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| MATERIALS: Cotton silk, mashru and Synthetic cloth, cotton and silk threads, mirrors and tassels. CONSTRUCTION: Machine stitched, embroidered: square chain, cretan, interlaced, herringbone, buttonhole filling, buttonhole and romanian stitches. MOTIFS: Popti, makodiyun, tak bawaliyun, gotto, and sudo. COLOURS : Multicoloured on black and red. STYLE REMARKS: Motifs are traditional, but embroidery is in larger bolder style of middle period. Borders are traditional to toran. Field motifs were popular during middle period. CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: The toran is used throughout western India as an auspicious welcoming. The simplest version is a string of auspicious leavs, here represented by the mashru ''leaves.'' CULTURAL REMARKS: Rabaris use a toran as part of a seven piece set that decorates the doorway and walls between outer and inner rooms of their house. Toran Doorways |
Toran
-Rabari Arts
-Copyright Statement
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ~ When using this image, the credit information should be in the following format: Image courtesy of the Kala Raksha Museum.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ~ When using this image, the credit information should be in the following format: Image courtesy of the Kala Raksha Museum.