The Philadelphia Museum of Art has put on display an exhibit of Phulkari work from Punjab. Titled ‘Phulkari: The Embroidered Textiles of Punjab’, the exhibit presents phulkaris from the collection of Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz alongside the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s permanent collection, focusing mostly on embroideries from a pre-partitioned Punjab. The Museum has also showcased two gowns made especially for the exhibition by Indian designer Manish Malhotra, in an effort to highlight the couture culture and the new stories developing around phulkari.
