Hunza valley embroidery
Black Handbag with Olive Floral Band
Carpet Purses & Bags
A black handbag with twin slim handles and a top band of olive-and-ivory floral cross-stitch. The embroidered border draws on Hunza's traditional flower forms against a versatile dark body. Handmade carpet-craft from the Hunza workshop.
The tradition
Hunza valley embroidery
The carpet purses and bags take Hunza's embroidery off the loom and into the hand. The same educated women artisans who work the cushion covers and wall hangings stitch panels of fine silk-thread cross-stitch, which are then mounted onto clutches, handbags and evening purses.
Each bag is effectively one of a kind: the embroidered front is worked first as a small textile, drawing on the valley's cap-and-veil motifs, before being made up into a finished, usable accessory.
Motifs & meaning
Reading the design
The bags carry Hunza's embroidery vocabulary in miniature — geometric and floral forms worked in dense cross-stitch.
Diamond lattice
Repeating lozenges drawn from cap and cushion embroidery.
Sunburst medallion
A radiating star standing in for a carpet's central gül.
Floral band
Rows of stylised flowers from the valley's veil designs.
Running border
A guard band framing the panel like a small rug.
Materials & technique
How it is made
A hand cross-stitched silk-thread panel, worked in Hunza's traditional stitches, mounted onto a structured clutch or handbag with handles or a flap.
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