Tie-dyed textiles of India
Subtitle: tradition and trade
By: Veronica Murphy and Rosemary Crill.
Contributors: Crill, Rosemary.; Victoria and Albert Museum.
Series: Indian art series
Publisher: Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Mapin Pub. Pvt.
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Ahmedabad, India
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Tie-dyeing -- India.; Textile design -- India.
Description: During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Indian artists were commonly employed by the British East India Company and its servants to illustrate the manners and customs of India and to record its many picturesque sights, monuments, deities, festivals, crafts and occupations. Their work, a blend of Indian and British styles, is known as 'Company painting' and is represented in the Victoria and Albert Museum by over 2,600 examples. In this catalogue, Dr Mildred.

Archer discusses the circumstances in which this type of painting evolved and describes and lists the Museum's collection according to the various regions in which it was produced: Andhra, Trichinopoly, Madras, Madura, Tanjore, Malabar and Coorg, Mysore, Murshidabad, Patna, Calcutta, Benares, Puri, Oudh, Delhi and Agra, the Punjab, Rajasthan, Western India, Nepal, Burma, Sri Lanka and Malacca. Many little-known styles of Company painting are described and illustrated,

Includes painting on mica, glass and ivory, and each section is prefaced by a historical note. The volume is richly illustrated and accompanied by an extensive bibliography, glossary and index.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-203) and index.