Indian textiles /
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London :
Thames & Hudson,
[2008]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. The history of textile production
- 2. The material : Dyes ; Yarn
- 3. Techniques of textile decoration : Handwoven textiles ; Resist dyeing ; Printing and painting
- 4. The West : Embroidery ; Appliqué ; Beadwork ; Ply-split camel girths of western Rajasthan ; Block printing ; Printed and painted textiles ; Tie-and-dye work ; Brocade weaving
- 5. Pakistan : Sind ; Punjab ; North-West Frontier Province and the North ; Baluchistan
- 6. The North : Punjab and Haryana ; Jammu and Kashmir ; Himachal Pradesh ; Uttar Pradesh
- 7. The East : Bengal and Bihar ; Assam and the Hill states of the North-East ; Orissa
- 8. Bangladesh : Jamdani weaving ; Kantha quilting
- 9. The South : Ikats of Andhra Pradesh ; Kalamkari work of South-Eastern India ; The silk industry of Kanchipuram ; Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra ; Banjara embroidery
- 10. Sri Lanka.