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.
Punjab
Culture · A guide to the archive
Textiles, dress and making
Compare embroidery, woven cloth and dress through identified objects, making accounts and historical descriptions.
How to approach this subject
Begin with the material or garment that the particular source describes. Compare a catalogue record with an account of making and a historical description, keeping each date and setting visible. The selection supports questions about structure, construction, recorded use and later interpretation. It does not turn a named textile or one wearer’s clothing into a universal description of Punjabi identity.
An intentional selection
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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.
Punjab
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.
Punjab
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.
Punjab
Paranda hair ornaments
Explore paranda hair ornaments, braided extensions and tassels through recorded making practices, while distinguishing these accessories from waist drawstrings.
Punjab
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.
Punjab
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.
Punjab
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.
Punjab