Hand Painted Pichawai Wallhanging Devotional Temple Hanging Krishna: C19th India costume Dating from the 19th century

Dating from the 19th century and made in Britain the needlepoint embroidery is exquisite

Hand painted and blockprinted by hand onto an ultra fine cotton

and featuring a pun on his name with 'pied' or foot in the coat of arms

peacocks and birds

Hand Painted Pichawai Wallhanging Devotional Temple Hanging Krishna: C19th India costume Dating from the 19th centuryItem Details. A gorgeous pichawai hand painted wall hanging from India and dating from the late 19th century. These paintings are known as pichwai or pichhavi and were made to hang in temples. The purpose was to narrate tales of Krishna to people who could not read. This hanging is large in size and has been hand painted onto a very fine cotton cloth, it depicts a festival procession with dancers and elephants etc. Its worked in a beautiful muted