Traditional Phulkari store Dupatta

Phulkari embroidery was made on the wrong side of the store khaddar with a thread of floss silk called pat.
Most of the time brought from Afghanistan, Bengal or China by itinerant dealers who were selling it by
weight, this silk was quite costly and, for this reason, it has pushed the Punjabi women to embellish
the fabric on its visible side only in order to save as much silk as possible.
Rural life was regulated by its agriculture and, periodically, men were going the markets of big cities to
sell their crops. It is only when they had earned enough money to buy the essential products for their
family that they were allowing themselves to get, for a high price, few skeins of pat that they would
offer to their wives