Pebble stream sari
Sari and Blouse
2011-2012
2011-2012
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This sari is embellished with sujini embroidery which is a basic running stitch used by the women of Bihar, India, to patch together old fabric and garments into quilts. Here it has been transformed by the designer Swati Kalsi into a luxury garment by transplanting the technique onto tussar silk. The sari was created by a group of women in Bihar for Jiyo! (Live!). A brand which was established in 2007 as a creative, economic and social development initiative, building on the long tradition of non-government organisations developing a more ethical and less exploitative way of working with India's large body of crafts people.
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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| Title | Pebble stream sari (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Tasar silk with sujni embroidery using yellow cotton thread |
| Brief description | Sari and blouse, 'Pebble Stream', tasar silk cream base with yellow sujni embroidery, designed by Swati Kalsi for Jiyo!, embroidered in Bihar by Guriya Kumari, Rani Kumari, Anisa Kumari and Khushboo Kumari, India 2011-2012, blouse made of matching cream silk, fabric woven in India, tailored in London |
| Physical description | Sari, tasar silk cream base with yellow sujni (running-stich) emboridery creating round 'pebble' like organic forms. Blouse in matching cream tasar silk. |
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| Gallery label | PEBBLE STREAM SARI
The women of Bihar use a basic running stitch known as sujni embroidery to patch together old fabric into quilts. Here it is used to create a luxury sari for the brand Jiyo! Designer Swati Kalsi worked with Guriya, Rani, Anisa and Khushboo Kumari to develop a pattern inspired by nature, which they called Pebble Stream.
Designed by Swati Kalsi (b.1981) for Jiyo!
Tasar silk
Bhusura, Bihar, 2011-12
Purchased with the assistance of the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Mr Perry Smith
V&A: IS.21-2012(03/10/2015-10/01/2016) |
| Summary | This sari is embellished with sujini embroidery which is a basic running stitch used by the women of Bihar, India, to patch together old fabric and garments into quilts. Here it has been transformed by the designer Swati Kalsi into a luxury garment by transplanting the technique onto tussar silk. The sari was created by a group of women in Bihar for Jiyo! (Live!). A brand which was established in 2007 as a creative, economic and social development initiative, building on the long tradition of non-government organisations developing a more ethical and less exploitative way of working with India's large body of crafts people. |
| Associated object | |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
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| Accession number | IS.21:1, 2-2012 |
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| Record created | November 5, 2012 |
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