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PRODUCT Name : Embroidered Door Toran - Rabari Embroidery Work- Kutch Handcraft - Home Decor -

Work type :  Vagadiya Rabari, Kutchi Embroidery, Mirror Work, Threadwork, Hand Embroidery,

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PRODUCT Name : Kutchi Rabari hand Embroidered accentuated with mirror work- Skirt / Ghagra

Work type : Vagadiya Rabari, Kutchi Embroidery, Mirror Work, Threadwork, Hand Embroidery,

Fabric Material : Banjara Khadi which is very heavy

Approx Size :

Waist is 31 inches and adjustable as it has a drawstring and slight opening on the side like any other ghagra is made.

Length is 32 inches Flare 136 inches Price : 18850/-Rs

Vintage from the 1980s

IMP NOTE: The colour of Picture shown above may slightly vary due to flash light, Screen and camera-resolution.

This is an old piece which is made by 1980's tribal people so do not expect perfect condition. Likewise, missing mirrors or unsymmetrical design should not considered defect. There is some wear and there are a few stains at the ends but indeed they do nothing to diminish its beauty. There is some dirt and wear, some small holes from Vintage Material. Some of the mirrors are cracked/burned or are missing.

This product is not returnable

Introduction about Rabari Community and Work :

Vagadiya Rabari embroidery is one of the marked techniques of surface ornament tension of kachchh district of Gujrat state. Which is done by Vagadiya Rabari community women.

Rabari is one of the nomadic caste of kachchh district. In present three sub group of Rabari’s dwell in kachchh. The three sub group are as: (1) Kachchhi Rabari (2) Dhebariya Rabari and (3) Vagadiya Rabari. The embroidery identifies the sub group of Rabari. Style of Rabari embroidery varies from sub group to sub group. Each one of them Vagadiya Rabari has different and distinct embroidery style. The tight, orderly, stitching and complex pattern of design and color revel the subtle sophistication of their imagination. Vagadiya Rabari’s women sew their colorful dreams with the help of needle in barren kachchh.

Irrespective of subgroup, Rabaari men and women lead a nomadic life in search of pasture with their sheep and their camels.

Rabaari craftswomen make profuse use of embroidery. They embroider their own clothing and their children's as well. They embroider certain garments worn by men as well as home decorations and a variety of bags. Camels are also adorned with a number of embroidered decorations.

The embroidery seen on women and children is big, bold and vigorous. It uses mainly the saankdi stitch to create stylized motifs that are large and bold. Two colours white and yellow feature prominently. Spike-like details called doont encase and highlight the motifs. Medium to large mirrors of varied shapes feature in abundance As do colourful trims and accessories such as beads, shells and buttons

The most common motifs are bird and animal motifs, flower inspired motifs and the figurative motif of the mahalwari, the milkmaid. There is also the combo, the tree of life motif and the ardho chandar, the half-moon motif.

They mainly used bright gaudy colors like red, yellow, green, saffron in their embroidery work to bring some life to the dull desert land and make them forget their hardship.

In the early 1990s, elders of the Dhebariya Rabaari subgroup decided that the women would no longer practise embroidery for personal use. They could embroider to earn an income. But the practice of embroidering their clothing and household items was banned.

The women explain the reasons for this:

When a girl got married, she had to take her aanu (trousseau) with her; she would not go to her husband's family home until it was ready.

Our girls used to spend years and years doing embroidery for their aanu. And so the girls remained in their parental homes and did not join their husbands even when they reached the age of 30 or 35.

Also, it was very expensive. Not all families can afford a lavish aanu. Is it right to send some of our daughters to their in-laws with a big aanu and other daughters with only a small one?

Now nobody can create aanu - now it is equal.

Sometimes they feel bad that their daughters will never wear embroidery clothing. But girls and women have found a way to make their clothing look beautiful. They use fabrics with bright designs; they use ready-made colourful borders. So they don't feel that they have not worn embroidery.

This does not mean that they have forgotten embroidery. they still embroider to earn money. Rabari pepole say, Our day goes well if we embroider, People recognize our community from our embroidery. We take order of embroidery. we improve our houses, use it to get our daughters married...

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PRODUCT Name : Rabari Embroidery Work- Home Decor Wall Piece - Kutch Handcraft Wall Decor - Tribal Chakla - Embroidered Wall Piece

Work type : Vagadiya Rabari, Kutchi Embroidery, Mirror Work, Threadwork, Hand Embroidery,

Fabric Material : Cotton

Approx Size : 22 " X 22"

Price : 3250

Vintage from the 1980s

IMP NOTE: The colour of Picture shown above may slightly vary due to flash light, Screen and camera-resolution.

This is an old piece which is made by 1980's tribal people so do not expect perfect condition. Likewise, missing mirrors or unsymmetrical design should not considered defect. There is some wear and there are a few stains at the ends but indeed they do nothing to diminish its beauty. There is some dirt and wear, some small holes from Vintage Material. Some of the mirrors are cracked/burned or are missing.

Introduction about Rabari Community :

Vagadiya Rabari embroidery is one of the marked techniques of surface ornament tension of kachchh district of Gujrat state. Which is done by Vagadiya Rabari community women.

Rabari is one of the nomadic caste of kachchh district. In present three sub group of Rabari’s dwell in kachchh. The three sub group are as: (1) Kachchhi Rabari (2) Dhebariya Rabari and (3) Vagadiya Rabari. The embroidery identifies the sub group of Rabari. Style of Rabari embroidery varies from sub group to sub group. Each one of them Vagadiya Rabari has different and distinct embroidery style. The tight, orderly, stitching and complex pattern of design and color revel the subtle sophistication of their imagination. Vagadiya Rabari’s women sew their colorful dreams with the help of needle in barren kachchh.

Irrespective of subgroup, Rabaari men and women lead a nomadic life in search of pasture with their sheep and their camels.

Rabaari craftswomen make profuse use of embroidery. They embroider their own clothing and their children's as well. They embroider certain garments worn by men as well as home decorations and a variety of bags. Camels are also adorned with a number of embroidered decorations.

The embroidery seen on women and children is big, bold and vigorous. It uses mainly the saankdi stitch to create stylized motifs that are large and bold. Two colours white and yellow feature prominently. Spike-like details called doont encase and highlight the motifs. Medium to large mirrors of varied shapes feature in abundance As do colourful trims and accessories such as beads, shells and buttons

The most common motifs are bird and animal motifs, flower inspired motifs and the figurative motif of the mahalwari, the milkmaid. There is also the combo, the tree of life motif and the ardho chandar, the half-moon motif.

They mainly used bright gaudy colors like red, yellow, green, saffron in their embroidery work to bring some life to the dull desert land and make them forget their hardship.

In the early 1990s, elders of the Dhebariya Rabaari subgroup decided that the women would no longer practise embroidery for personal use. They could embroider to earn an income. But the practice of embroidering their clothing and household items was banned.

The women explain the reasons for this:

When a girl got married, she had to take her aanu (trousseau) with her; she would not go to her husband's family home until it was ready.

Our girls used to spend years and years doing embroidery for their aanu. And so the girls remained in their parental homes and did not join their husbands even when they reached the age of 30 or 35.

Also, it was very expensive. Not all families can afford a lavish aanu. Is it right to send some of our daughters to their in-laws with a big aanu and other daughters with only a small one?

Now nobody can create aanu - now it is equal.

Sometimes they feel bad that their daughters will never wear embroidery clothing. But girls and women have found a way to make their clothing look beautiful. They use fabrics with bright designs; they use ready-made colourful borders. So they don't feel that they have not worn embroidery.

This does not mean that they have forgotten embroidery. they still embroider to earn money. Rabari pepole say, Our day goes well if we embroider, People recognize our community from our embroidery. We take order of embroidery. we improve our houses, use it to get our daughters married...

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PRODUCT Name : Mochi Embroidery Work- Home Decor Wall Piece - Kutch Handcraft Wall Decor - Embroidered Wall Piece

Work type : Mochi Embrodery, Kutchi Embroidery, Threadwork, Hand Embroidery,

Fabric Material : Cotton

Thread Material : Silk

Approx Size : 34 " X 48"

Price : 71,880/- Rs

Vintage from the 1980s

IMP NOTE: The colour of Picture shown above may slightly vary due to flash light, Screen and camera-resolution.

This is an old piece which is made by 1980's tribal people so do not expect perfect condition. There is some wear and there are a few stains at the ends but indeed they do nothing to diminish its beauty. There is some dirt and wear, some small holes from Vintage Material.

Disclaimer:

This intricate home decor product is handcrafted and may have slight imperfection and/or mismatch from the product shown in the image as it is handcrafted by the artisan, which makes the product unique.

Introduction about Mochi Community Work :

A small, walled city known as Bhuj in central Kutch, is the home of the Mochi people who embroider with a needle known as an "aar". The resulting cloth is sometimes called "aari bharat", "Kutchi bharat", or "Mochi bharat". Traditionally cobblers or leatherworkers by trade, the Mochis became professional silk embroiderers for the ladies of the court at Bhuj. According to an 1880 account, the Mochi people learned their craft from a "Musselman fakir who came from Sind two hundred and fifty years ago". During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, embroidery from this region of India was exported to England and the craft prospered. ARS TEXTRINA 8 (1987), pp. 29-41 Mochi embroidery is accomplished with the use of an awl-like tool called an "arhi". The surface materials are silk, mashru (a woven cloth of one pick cotton and one pick silk), broadcloth, satin (known as gaji), or canvas. The actual embroidery is accomplished without prior design and follows the format of leaves, foliage, flowers, fruits, animals, and human figures in a chain stitch variation. The silk thread referred to as "basarai heer" and "chinai resham" is imported from China or from the west. Items such as the ghagara (skirt), choli (bodice), and caps were and are often embroidered. Home furnishings include the coverlet (chakla), and door panels (toran and sthapana). Many of the design motifs indicate a Persian or Mughal influence (butas and peacocks) but when the Mochis immigrated to other regions, they readily adopted the prevailing design iconography of the new area.

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