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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 3850811, member: 8267&quot;]It is a beautiful piece. Although the figures are in a Persian style, it may be from Kashmir, where there is a long tradition of making textiles decorated with such crewel chain stitching. The embroidery is worked with a hook, and a proficient artisan can produce very even stitches by hand. Kashmir is currently divided between India and Pakistan, so it seems possible that such work could have been obtained in Pakistan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the examples that I have found are without human figures, but here is one with a Persian style hunting scene:</p><p><img src="https://www.picclickimg.com/00/s/MTA1NFgxNjAw/z/8HIAAOSw9GhYZYBR/$/VNTG-Kashmiri-Crewel-Chain-Stitch-Embroidered-Persian-Hunting-_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://picclick.com/VNTG-Kashmiri-Crewel-Chain-Stitch-Embroidered-Persian-Hunting-253711790542.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://picclick.com/VNTG-Kashmiri-Crewel-Chain-Stitch-Embroidered-Persian-Hunting-253711790542.html" rel="nofollow">https://picclick.com/VNTG-Kashmiri-Crewel-Chain-Stitch-Embroidered-Persian-Hunting-253711790542.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The white background of yours is more typical, and one of the references I found notes that &quot;in the earlier days&quot; subtle colors were preferred whereas more modern embroideries use brighter colors. Yours probably depicts a pleasant garden scene, a theme popular in Islamic art.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pure-elegance.com/blogs/arts-culture/wonders-of-kashmiri-embroidery-unraveled" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pure-elegance.com/blogs/arts-culture/wonders-of-kashmiri-embroidery-unraveled" rel="nofollow">https://www.pure-elegance.com/blogs/arts-culture/wonders-of-kashmiri-embroidery-unraveled</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bestofkashmir.com/collections/crewel-fabric" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bestofkashmir.com/collections/crewel-fabric" rel="nofollow">https://www.bestofkashmir.com/collections/crewel-fabric</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?" rel="nofollow">https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?</a></p><p>article=2078&amp;context=tsaconf</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://kashmirbox.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/kashmir-chain-stitch-handmade-rugs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://kashmirbox.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/kashmir-chain-stitch-handmade-rugs/" rel="nofollow">https://kashmirbox.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/kashmir-chain-stitch-handmade-rugs/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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