Sainchi Phulkari From East(Punjab) India. Circa 1900.Hand Spun Cotton khaddar Cloth.Sainchi are elaborate pictorial embroideries created by women in Haryana that mirror their life and beliefs, their hopes and desires. Scenes of rural life enrich the composition.Two long stylised Trains run along the length of both edges with eleven compartments,each occupied by a standing figure. Around them are figures of peacocks, a pair of lions, an elephant, a camel and a goat.It is the same colour as the smoke emitting from the fiery engines of the trains that is perhaps carrying her lover away. Both side a platforms,Peoples waiting for the train.(DSC06090).Please email me at indianarts1369@gmail.com