Interesting item. This is Chettiar hat which was used in early 20th century. Made in England and specially made for Chettiar community. Made from velvet cloth. This hat usually used by young age people when they outing.
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Showing posts with label Embroidery Work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Embroidery Work. Show all posts
Monday, September 5, 2011
Chettiar Hat
Interesting item. This is Chettiar hat which was used in early 20th century. Made in England and specially made for Chettiar community. Made from velvet cloth. This hat usually used by young age people when they outing.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Cane Fans
Velvet cane fans made from velvet cloth. Those days Chettiar communities favourites and can be seen in their ceremonial occasions. It slowly going out of vogue. These cane fans covered with cloth. The size of these fans around couple of feet in diameter and the grip part made from thick leather. These fans normally gripped by an attendant and swung over the heads of a seated group. The decorative frill adding to the breeze generated.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wedding Gift!!!
Wonderful embroidery for a pillow cover. Specifically made as a wedding gift. According to an antique expert, in those days certain community in Tamil especially the Chettiars will present this type of item for newly wed couples as a wedding gift. This embroidery will represent their family as a gift to the couples. Then this couple will keep it as momento of them for attending their wedding. According to the owner of this pillow, it was made in 1940's. This was carefully kept by this person and we really have a very hard time persuading him to sell it to us. Very interesting collectible item in Tamil heritage collections.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Old Embroidery
This embroidery was purchased from South of India in a place called Karaikudi. Those days, embroidery work considered as a must requirement to the women. When they have free time, they will do some embroidery to show their hands-on skill. According to old people, if the young girl want to get married, the future in-law will see the embroidery work in order for the girl to get accepted. This embroidery was believed to be in 1930's and 1940's. The embroidery with KTKS wordings, is in silver stitching. The embroidery is framed up hung on the living room wall.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Parrot Concept
I bought this embroidery from an antique shop in Penang. This embroidery is a momentous to the Baba Nyonya community because there are butterflies on the edges. Butterfly symbolizes the Baba Nyonya culture and it signifies a good luck charm. There is a parrot that comes together in the same at work. This is one important part of our history that it combines both Baba Nyonya and the Indian culture into one. Parrot was considered as a meaningful bird and always signifies as good luck for Indians especially the Tamil community.
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