Table Cloth

2015.279

Table Cloth

2015.279

Description

This is an example of athakupani or joining different motifs. Individually crocheted motifs usually uniform in size and similar in design are joined to form a patterned piece. These flowers or motifs can be made by different persons but are joined by one person using rehkas or rosapattis - a form of design employed for combining separate constituents into one piece. The process of combining different pieces and joining them requires imagination, patience and dexterity.
Woven by Kamal Naik
Gift of Rekha Naik in memory of Kamal Naik

Collection

Textiles and Costumes of India

Object Type

Cloth

Material

Cotton, Filet Crochet

Schools/Culture/Period

--

Technique

Crochet

Date

Early 20th century CE

Location

Mumbai

Dimension

49x52 cms