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Decorative Wall
Hangings for Home Decorations. Wall Hanging made
by the Rabari tribe living in the Kutch region of
western Gujarat. These Asian decorating
Tapestries are made of a mix of different kinds
of waste rugs, in different colors, which are at
once vibrant and provocative. This tribal art is
a complex as well creative combination of
patchwork, applique, mirror and thread
embroidery.
Embroidery is a living and evolving expression of
the craft and textile traditions of the Rabaris,
a nomadic tribe in the Kutch in Gujarat. Rabari
women have sincerely embroidered textiles as an
expression of creativity, aesthetics and identity
as far back as the tribe's collective memory
goes. Every afternoon all Rabari women routinely
embroider wall Hangings, trousseaus, everyday
apparel, dowry bags, etc., as part of their day
to day activity. Traditional Rabari embroidery,
done mostly on cotton, follows its own logic of
design, colors and motifs. Using the basic
embroidery colors of red, black, green, yellow,
white and orange, Rabaris have a repertoire of
stitches like herringbone, square chain, double
button hole, pattern darning and running stitch.
Mirrors, tassels, beads, sequins as well as
quilting, tie and dye and appliqué are part of
the vibrant embroidery traditions. Wall Hangings,
door hangings and a variety of apparel are all
embroidered with motifs and in the stitches
mentioned, though within the Rabari concept and
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