Indian textiles
Subtitle: the Karun Thakar collection
By: John Guy, Rosemary Crill, Karun Thakar
Contributors: Guy, John, 1949- editor; Crill, Rosemary, author; Thakar, Karun, author, collector
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9783791349312
Subjects: Art collections; Textile design; Indic Textile fabrics; Design; Private collections; Textile fabrics; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 222).
Table of contents: title: Preface / Karun Thakar; title: A short history of early Indian textiles / John Guy; title: Indian textiles from the Mughals to the present day / Rosemary Crill; title: Trade cloths: Early block-prints from Gujarat, ca. 1300; Coromandel Coast textiles for the world export from 1500s; title: Temple cloths: Indian hangings from 1500; title: Kashmir shawls: Shawls from Kashmir, Delhi and the Punjab; title: Punjabi baghs: Wedding shawls embroidered in silk on cotton grounds; title: Folk textiles: Folk textiles from north and west India, including Gujarat, Rajasthan and Sindh; kantha embroideries from Bengal; Banjara embroideries; textiles from Madhya Pradesh; costumes and embroideries from Himachal Pradesh; title: Gold and silver textiles: Gold and silver thread brocade from Hyderabad, Varanasi and Gujarat; Jain embroidered temple hangings; title: Swat Valley shawls and costume: Embroidered shawls and costume from the Swat Valley in Pakistan; Kohistan costumes and related items.