Introduction
Kashmir means ‘Rock through’in regional language, where ‘KAS’ is water channel and ‘MIR’ I smountain.Kashmir is considered as a paradise of earth. Kashmir is famous for various arts, specifically, for its beautifully embroidered and woven shawls.
Places
Kashmir, Amritsar
Colors
Mostly used were crimson red, scarlet red, blue, yellow, green, purple,black, brown and white.
Threads
Fine quality woollen yarn, rich lustrous silk and cotton thread also, was used in bright colors.
Stitches
The stitches employed are simple. The dominant stitches are satin, stem, chain, long and short stitches, with the darning, button-hole and herring-bone stitches occasionally used.
Fabrics
Various types of un-dyed wool, Silk, cotton and linen were used. Usually, it was a cream background but according to the demand, mill made dyed fabric in dark colors like black, navy blue, brown maroon and bottle green were also used.
Kashmir means ‘Rock through’in regional language, where ‘KAS’ is water channel and ‘MIR’ I smountain.Kashmir is considered as a paradise of earth. Kashmir is famous for various arts, specifically, for its beautifully embroidered and woven shawls.
Places
Kashmir, Amritsar
Colors
Mostly used were crimson red, scarlet red, blue, yellow, green, purple,black, brown and white.
Threads
Fine quality woollen yarn, rich lustrous silk and cotton thread also, was used in bright colors.
Stitches
The stitches employed are simple. The dominant stitches are satin, stem, chain, long and short stitches, with the darning, button-hole and herring-bone stitches occasionally used.
Fabrics
Various types of un-dyed wool, Silk, cotton and linen were used. Usually, it was a cream background but according to the demand, mill made dyed fabric in dark colors like black, navy blue, brown maroon and bottle green were also used.
2 comments:
thank you for providing the most basic introduction to the indian embroideries. i suggest to include similar details of sindhi,chamba rumal and gujarati embroideries too, thank you soooo much it really helped me out :)
I smountain.Kashmir is considered as a paradise of earth. Kashmir is famous for various arts, specifically, for its beautifully embroidered and woven shawls. Jason Robinson
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