Traditional Indian Textiles

Traditional Indian textiles by John Gillow, Nicholas Barnard
Today, India has more than recoverd from the disasters wrought by the flood of foreign powerloom imports. From the Rann of Kutch to the Coromandel Coast and from city to village the handloom weavers, block printers, textile painters, dyers and embroiderers work to continue the developing traditions of Indian textiles crafts. Traditional Indian Textiles focuses on the 20th-century development of this home and small worksho industry. The histories of textile traditions are examined, the techniques of dying, weaving and embroidering are analysed and the country is traversed from region to region to explore and highlight the centres of traditional textile production. For the designer, traveller, student and collector Tradition Indian textiles is the essential guide to the most famous of all crafts of the Subcontinent.