Hi all :)
Well, i know history of any thing gets a bit teasy and boring but as i wanted to discuss about my topic so i would want to share an interesting history of gota patti, anyways you guys won't get bored , i will try my best :)
As you all know that Gota Patti was found in Rajasthan and mughals and rajputs used to wear
Well, i know history of any thing gets a bit teasy and boring but as i wanted to discuss about my topic so i would want to share an interesting history of gota patti, anyways you guys won't get bored , i will try my best :)
As you all know that Gota Patti was found in Rajasthan and mughals and rajputs used to wear
the clothes in which Silk and Satin were used as base fabric,
while Gota Patti work was used to create motifs on royal garments. Gold and silver metallic wires used for Gotta
ribbon. The Gota Patti was cut according to natural motifs like birds, human figures, animals and attached to
cloth decorated by gold and silver wire. It resembled with the Kundan and Meenakari jewellery of Rajasthan.
Maharani Padmini Devi of Jaipur , wife of Sawai Bhawani Singh, Maharaja of Jaipur.
She is wearing a crinkled cotton finished with gota ornamentation skirt.
People also used to experiment with the base fabrics instead of only using silk and satin, they also used other fabrics for experiments.
Maharani Padmini Devi of Jaipur , wife of Sawai Bhawani Singh, Maharaja of Jaipur.
She is wearing a crinkled cotton finished with gota ornamentation skirt.
People also used to experiment with the base fabrics instead of only using silk and satin, they also used other fabrics for experiments.
Nawab of Rampur, S.M. Karim Ali Khan, Son of Nawab Zulfiquar Khan, with his wife, Begum Firdaus Zamani Ali Khan of Rampur.
Her ensemble consists of kurta and garara pyjama made of green silk- satin and a dupatta edged with a broad band of heat-embossed Gota and a kiran (gold/silver fringe)
Nawabzadi Soha Sultan, daughter of the Nawab Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi.
Her kurta is decorated with diagonal bands of narrow gota.
Her another outfit wearing four piece ensemble embellished with zardozdi and edged with gota.The gota appears to have been taken from an older piece of patched on to newer fabrics.
I described through the Paintings also as these are way to old for pictures.
Jaipur Procession, by Vercatchagin (1878)
Rajasthan was to become best-known for the art of gold thread embroidery and gota work.
Maharaja Pratap Singh (1778-1803)
Details of Jama here, showing the green silk sinjaf and the fine Gota moti work around the hem.
Saadat Ali Khan, Nawab of Avadh, by J.T. Seton (1795)
The trellis pattern around the butis is embroidered with flat Gota badla. The butis are made up of cut pieces of Gota outlined and highlighted with gold dori.
Muslim Lady, unsigned portrait probably by Raja Ravi Verma (early twentieth century).
The rust cotton choli is is embellished with gold gota.
Well, i hope that you guys didn't get bored and enjoyed the history of gota patti. :D
References
1. Library of college- Book : Rajasthan Textiles.
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