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‘Journeys – Wedding Shawls, Baghs and Phulkaris from the Karun Thakar Collection'

At Osterley, intricately-embroidered wedding shawls from Punjab will fill Robert Adam’s neoclassical rooms with colour and craft.

  • Booking not needed
  • Free event (admission applies)

These textiles, made by young women in the undivided Punjab for ceremonial use, will bring new energy and cultural presence to a property with strong links to global craftsmanship, trade and Empire through the East India Company.

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