Indian textiles
By: John Gillow & Nicholas Barnard
Contributors: Barnard, Nicholas, author; Gillow, John
Edition: First paperback edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780500291184
Subjects: Textile fabrics
Notes: Previously published: Traditional Indian textiles, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The history of textile production; title: The material : Dyes ; Yarn; title: Techniques of textile decoration : Handwoven textiles ; Resist dyeing ; Printing and painting; title: The West : Embroidery ; Appliquâe ; Beadwork ; Ply-split camel girths of western Rajasthan ; Block printing ; Printed and painted textiles ; Tie-and-dye work ; Brocade weaving; title: Pakistan : Sind ; Punjab ; North-West Frontier Province and the North ; Baluchistan; title: The North : Punjab and Haryana ; Jammu and Kashmir ; Himachal Pradesh ; Uttar Pradesh; title: The East : Bengal and Bihar ; Assam and the Hill states of the North-East ; Orissa; title: Bangladesh : Jamdani weaving ; Kantha quilting; title: The South : Ikats of Andhra Pradesh ; Kalamkari work of South-Eastern India ; The silk industry of Kanchipuram ; Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra ; Banjara embroidery; title: Sri Lanka.