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Peacocks at the Silk Road - Curtains, Paintings & a Brooch

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Peacocks at the Silk Road - Curtains, Paintings & a Brooch

Peacocks as a motif decorating textiles, furniture and jewellery - a wonderful image that suggests exuberant beauty, seduction, heat and a lazy indolence.

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Close Up on Indian Furniture - Low Wooden Tables

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Close Up on Indian Furniture - Low Wooden Tables

A close up look at some of our low wooden Indian tables. Delightful in their own right they also make great small tables for vases and ornaments.

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Tied up in Knots - Bandhani, Gujarat | Silk Road Gallery

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Tied up in Knots - Bandhani, Gujarat | Silk Road Gallery

Bandhani is an intricate technique that produces spectacular textiles with patterns of different coloured dots. In Gujarat I find the answer to a question that's puzzled me for years.

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Ultimate Upcycling - Vintage Kantha Quilts

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Ultimate Upcycling -  Vintage Kantha Quilts

A close up on the fabrics used by village women of Bangladesh who recycle fabrics from old saris & stitch them together to make beautiful Kantha quilts. 

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My Favourite Things - Appliqued Bedspreads from Barmer

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My Favourite Things - Appliqued Bedspreads from Barmer

Our beautiful Appliquéd Bedspreads from Barmer are made by a process of reverse appliqué, a technique where one of two layers of fabric is cut away to produce a pattern, and embroidery added to the exposed under-layer.

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