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Sunday, 14 June 2015 15:01

Suf Embroidery (India)

A detail from a piece of Suf embroidery. It is worked in floss silk thread on a magenta red cotton ground (India; mid-20th century).

Suf embroidery is a form of counted thread embroidery practiced nowadays in the Kutch region of Gujarat, western India, and beyond. It is characterized by a type of economy stitch worked from the back. The patterns are generally based on a triangle or ‘suf’, and are geometric, symmetrical and very detailed.

Published in Indian subcontinent
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