Abstract
In architecture, decoration or ornamentation is an art, used to embellish home and interiors which constructs a pleasant and peaceful ambience in the surrounding through aesthetic, colorful, and creative artifacts. Art has a remarkable significance in the production of interior design because every concept has been associated with the features of beauty and ornamentation in interior decoration. The term decoration is particularly associated with art and its fundaments of beauty, harmony, balance, color application, symmetry, and so on. In this way, art plays a magnificent role to decorate the surface with comprehensive attributes. Interior decoration has numerous elements like furniture, decorative items, wall decoration, and many more. Textile is one of these elements. Textile is, the most important tool, extensively used in interior accessories which includes bedsheets, carpets, cushion covers, wall hangings, and covers for furniture, walls, and ceilings. Today, embroidery is not only a technique of cloth embellishment but also a means for artists to express their inner feelings and emotions through the established aesthetic concepts. In contemporary society, embroidered textile is used for interior decoration items, to create a traditional and royal appearance. Phulkari (floral work) is a traditional craft which reveals at Punjabi (Punjab, India) women on the canvas of the cloth in specific geometrical motifs. They use a needle and thread with an unlimited color palette with skillful, artistic, and aesthetic appeal for the commercial purposes. The present paper focuses initially on the use of traditional handicraft Phulkari patterns in modern interior decoration like beddings, cushion covers, sofa covers, etc. The paper will also be an attempt to discuss the future perspective of the application of Phulkari patterns in interior ornaments with the special help of Photoshop software. Some designs of Phulkari embroidery have been taken as a study and placed on some blank interior objects after comparing both objects.
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Kaur, R., Gupta, I. (2017). The Implementation of Phulkari Embroidery Pattern in Interior Decoration. In: Seta, F., Biswas, A., Khare, A., Sen, J. (eds) Understanding Built Environment. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2138-1_16
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