"Color & Light: Embroidery from India and Pakistan" Exhibition
Rubin Museum of Art
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South Asia has long been famed for the beauty and diversity of its decoratively stitched cloth. Embroidery served — and to a large extent still serves — multiple functions in daily and religious life. Embellished textiles are components of clothing; they decorate tents, homes, palaces, mosques and temples; cover animals, and serve as articles of daily use. The exhibition shows the extraordinary stylistic diversity apparent in the wide range of colors, patterns, and imagery of South Asian textiles.
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Schedule
from December 12, 2008 to May 11, 2009