These simple, weft-faced flat weaves have been woven in every part of Indian by all of the castes ad religious groups traditionally associated with weaving. They are used by all of the major communities – Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh - and are common in both rural and urban areas. Dhurries perform a number of functions, which are indicated by their size, they can be used as bed durries, communal prayer carpets, gatherings at weddings, feasts, canopied tents.
Although Dhurries weaving may involve a number of different techniques, all Indian cotton dhurries are woven in the same weft-faced simple tabby weave that is used in kilims. The coloured patterns of the most common design, simple stripes, are produced by warp-sharing techniques such as dovetailing and double interlocking. Small designs may utilize slit-tapestry weaving and the more complicated curvilinear elements of the pictorial dhurries even use ‘eccentric’ wefting which curves around the motifs.
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