Zardozi the traditional art of court embroidery is the sheer magic of nimble fingers and imaginative designs, envisaged by the ensemble of lustrous metallic wire which was traditionally the silver wire coated / plated with gold, silk threads, beads and stones. The book attempts to trace the history of zardozi, its traditional manifestors, the zardoz, in the context of the survival of the production system the karkhana, the social system, the formal, non-formal and craft education of the children in zardoz community, the techniques and most importantly the design and forms. The book is a useful guide for those having keen interest in traditional Indian textiles, anthropologists, museologists, promoters of craft education and the pace-setting designers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Charu Smita Gupta
Dr. Charu Smita Gupta was attached to Research and Documentation Scheme of National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi since 1976, and is presently working as Deputy Director, Museum Collection. She holds a doctorate degree in Museology from Calcutta University and Master's degree in Social Anthropology from Delhi University. She writes regularly on different aspects of Indian arts and crafts. Dr. Gupta is carrying on research and documentation of folk, tribal, traditional crafts and textiles including museum collections. She is also concentrating on development of prototype designs of handicrafts suitable to contemporary market trends. As an academic visitor to Victoria and Albert Museum, London, she studied textile collections at the Museum with specific reference to embroidery.
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