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Chamba Rumal
TownChamba
StateHimachal Pradesh
Craft typeTextile
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A double-satin-stitch embroidered handkerchief tradition from the Pahari hill courts, depicting mythological scenes with the same image visible identically on both sides of the cloth.
Did you know? Chamba Rumal embroiderers use a rare double-satin stitch that produces an identical image on both the front and back of the cloth — there is no "wrong side" to the finished piece, a technical feat few embroidery styles attempt.