Peonies & pagodas
Subtitle: embroidered Parsi textiles : TAPI Collection
By: edited by Shilpa Shah & Tulsi Vatsal
Contributors: TĀPI Collection (Surat, India)
Publisher: Garden Silk Mills in association with TAPI Collection
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Surat, India
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9788190593519
Subjects: Ethnic embroidery; Catalogs; Textile crafts; TĀPI Collection (Surat, India); Textile fabrics; Clothing; Parsees
Other titles: Peonies and pagodas
Notes: Contributed articles.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-193).
Table of contents: title: The Parsis in India / Zenobia Dumasia; title: The China connection / Tulsi Vatsal; title: Parsi attire: garas, jhablas and Ijars / Priya Mani; title: Looking west, buying east / Tulsi Vatsal; title: Patterning a gara / Shilpa Shah & Tulsi Vatsal; title: Exporting the exotic: embroidered silks of China / Yueh-Siang Chang; title: Decorative motifs and bird symbolism in Parsi textiles in the Tapi collection / Jasleen Dhamija; title: Parsi headgear: topis / Villoo Mirza; title: Sari borders: kors / Priya Mani; title: Methods and stitches / Priya Mani; title: Parsi dress and identity / Jesse S. Pa;setia; title: The embroidery cupboard: oral accounts of Parsi embroidery / Shernaz Cama; title: The Gara today: an heirloom reinvented / Shilppa Shah; title: Chinese communities in India / Madhavi Thampi.