India Travel Update 
Tapestry is one of the arts and crafts form in which Rajasthan has excelled staggeringly. It is basically an ancient art form which is applied on fabrics. Tapestries were purposely used more frequently to embellish the walls and were also hung during winters as they behaved like a good insulator.
The art of Tapestry is a manual art done on erected loom. It is a very neat and clean art form where the threads are veiled in the entire work. It is helpful in creating vibrant multihued patterns, designs and images. Moreover, it chiefly requires linen or cotton threads but one can also make use of golden, woolen and silver threads. The quality of the thread decides the price of this valuable piece of craft. Tapestry is also used in great amount to portray the figurines numerous Indian deities. Nevertheless, this art is also done on brass, woods and clothes.
The superlative part of Tapestries earlier was that they were easily portable and could only be afforded by the nobles and people of rich strata because of being expensive. It was not in reach of everyone to buy tapestries. Not only this, the tapestries with high quality were used as friezes on some auspicious occasions and were highly looked upon as the affluent piece of art.
So, whenever you map out a trip to Rajasthan, make sure that get a fleeting look of these tapestries and experience the all time richness possessed by the kings of those yore.
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