Cloth, construction and recorded use
Textiles, dress and making
Compare embroidery, woven cloth and dress through particular objects, making accounts and historical descriptions.
8 entries · 16 min reading, calculated from article text
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Your reading goal
Identify the material, structure and source behind a description, and distinguish recorded use from a rule for every wearer.
- 01Culture · 2 min read
Bagh embroidery: stitch, surface and changing use
Explore bagh embroidery through dense stitch coverage, a dated local description and a modern exhibition connecting historic cloth with contemporary making.
- 02Culture · 2 min read
Chope textiles: reversible stitch and open space
Explore chope textiles through embroidered borders, two preserved wraps and accounts of wedding preparations, keeping patterns and provenance distinct.
- 03Culture · 2 min read
Sainchi phulkari: figures and embroidered scenes
Explore Sainchi phulkari through two museum examples, attending to embroidered figures, patterned surfaces and the limits of interpreting unnamed makers.
- 04Culture · 2 min read
Punjabi jutti: construction, makers and materials
Explore Punjabi jutti through named workshops, hand stitching and embroidery, with documented changes in materials, designs and the organisation of making.
- 05Culture · 2 min read
Paranda hair ornaments
Explore paranda hair ornaments, braided extensions and tassels through recorded making practices, while distinguishing these accessories from waist drawstrings.
- 06Culture · 2 min read
Salwar kameez in Punjab: cut and changing details
Explore salwar kameez in Punjab through garment construction, gathered trousers and changing tunic details, with attention to regional variation and use.
- 07Culture · 2 min read
Punjabi ghagra traditions: cloth, layering and records
Explore Punjabi ghagra traditions through preserved skirts and dated descriptions, keeping garment names, regional accounts and reported memories in context.
- 08Culture · 2 min read
Khes weaving: cloth, structure and memory
Explore khes weaving through woven structures, an older textile vocabulary and a family cloth carried through Partition, retaining the limits of each account.
A question to carry with you
Choose one claim from your reading. Identify its source and locator. What does that source directly establish, and what would need a second source?