654 Old Wedding Odhana Shawl Rajasthan Indian textile Art - MASTERPIECE box Found in this kalamkari are

Found in this kalamkari are Ram

unidivided India

LITERATURE REFERENCE : A similar cradle cloth hammock but from a different tribe may be seen on pages 207 in 'Indian Textiles' by John Gillow & Nicholas Bernard

These include the Three Pure Ones at the top of the back who oversee the Daoist pantheon with rows of saints

Estimated to be from the 1950s-1960s

654 Old Wedding Odhana Shawl Rajasthan Indian textile Art - MASTERPIECE box Found in this kalamkari areOld Wedding Odhana Shawl Rajasthan Indian textile Art "March of the Peacocks" MASTERPIECE 33" x 74" An amazing example of creativity! In this category of textiles we usually see the same set of angular geometric motifs repeated across individual pieces of textiles. Rarely do we see any unusual individualistic element. This is my first exposure to a peacock in a Rajasthan Shawl. What makes me wonder, is the fact that the execution is not random nor is