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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Sarabhai Foundation,
Shahi Bagh, N of Delhi Gate.
Tel (079) 2286 8172.
∑ calicomuseum.com
Open Thu–Tue. Closed public
hols. ^ 8 10:15am & 10:30am
(restricted to 20 people by prior
appt only). Garden tour by appt
only. = m Sarabhai Foundation
The richly carved wooden façade of the old haveli in which the Calico Museum is housed Galleries: Open Thu–Tue.
Closed public hols.
Transport
4 San Marco.
First floor

Entrance
. Phulkari
Elaborately embroidered with
cotton thread and floss silk, this
19th-century piece from Punjab
was part of a bride’s dowry.

Telia Rumal
This cotton
kerchief from
Andhra
Pradesh is
made by a
unique
technique, in
which the yarn
is oiled before
being dyed
and woven.
Key to Floorplan
Export textile galleries
Court textiles
Gallery of shawls
0 metres 2
Mughal costumes
0 yards 2
Jain and Vaishnav textiles
Kutch and Sindh embroidery
Kathiawar embroidery
The haveli façade had been Textiles of Odisha
taken to the British Museum
in the 19th century, but Madhubani quilts
was brought back and Phulkari from Punjab,
Outer painstakingly reconstructed Kantha from Bengal
gate here in the 1950s. Tie-and-dye gallery

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