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South Indian filigree bracelets

Posted by Preethi on August 10, 2012 at 12:22pm

I was surprised to find that these were most likely made in South India. I have always associated filigree work with Bengal/east India. But then I found very similar work inventoried in Thomas Holbein Handley's work on Indian jewellery from the late 1800's, and he attributes this work to Madras presidency in south India.The Madras Presidency covered Tamil Nadu, north Kerala, coastal Andhra Pradesh, southern Orissa and southern Karnataka.

Comments

Preethi August 10, 2012 at 12:28pm

A close up of the filigree flowers and another angle of the bracelets are below.
Ethnic Embellishments August 10, 2012 at 7:27pm

The flower motif looks like poppies.
Harald August 10, 2012 at 8:08pm

Preethi, wonderful bracelets, nice to see a pair of them!
Eva Baby August 11, 2012 at 8:09am

they are really beautiful, like them very much.
Frankie Carter November 5, 2012 at 7:36pm

True treasures, Preethi, and quite surprising to me, too!

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