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Accession# MM-043
Artist Maru Meghval
Culture Maru Meghval
Description MATERIALS: Cotton cloth, rayon threads.
CONSTRUCTION: Embr:surface satin , cross, rope stitches.
MOTIFS: Mod, Laher, Chalangi, Chaki, mor.
STYLE REMARKS: Suf- new versions of traditional patternsimpler, Larger.
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Today given as part of dowry-symbol of change-replaces rumal.
CULTURAL REMARKS:
Tepai Posh, Table Cloth.
Category Household Decoration
Object Name Tepai Posh
Other Name Table Cloth
Sub-category Table Cloth
Provenance Tharad, Banaskantha, Gujarat, India
Search Terms Tepai Posh
Embroidery
Maru Meghval
Suf
Table cloth
Mod
Laher
Chalangi
Chaki
Mor
Technique Embroidery: Suf
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Last modified on: February 22, 2013