The embroidery, as with all rumals, is reversible and worked with a type of double darning stitch.
V&A online catalogue (retrieved 10 December 2016).
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Eighteenth Century Chamba Rumal
Eghteenth century Chamba Rumal from Northwestern India.
Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. no. IS.23-1983.
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses an eighteenth century chamba rumal (coverlet named after the former principality of Chamba, in the modern Himachal Pradesh state, Northwest India). It measures 89 x 82 cm and is made of cotton with silk thread embroidery. The decoration of the rumal is divided into sixteen panels, each containing a scene relating to Krishna.
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