Unknown Maker, Chinese

In addition to cheena-cheeni figurative scenes, other pattern styles popularly adorned Parsi gara and other garments, often referred to by rhymed names. Seen here is one of the most common patterns, chakla-chakli, its name taken from the Gujarati word for sparrow. These works show pairs of birds perched atop flowering tree branches. Look for other gara designs—such as the polka-dot-like kanda-papeta (onions and potatoes) and the abstracted pinwheels of the karolia (spider) pattern—in the large work in the central case.