Calico Museum of Textiles
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Contents: I. Introduction. 1. The Calico Museum C – collection of stitched and embroidered textile fragments from Kashmir. 2. The Kashmir shawl as a product and the consequences of that for the development of production techniques. 3. Development of stitch and embroidery alongside weaving. Three examples showing: i. Fabric woven for the design to be completed in stitch. ii. Both sides of the fabric showing the same design but in different colours. iii. ...
Contents: Mughal Velvets at Calico Museum, Patterned Silk Velvets in India, Comparing Safavid, Ottoman and Mughal Velvets, References, Technical Analyses, Comparison.
Contents: Preface, Introduction, Imperial Mughal Lampas, Vaishnavite Lampas from North-East India, Other Indian Lampas, one Art Many Histiries, Technical Analyses, Reference.
Contents: Essay—Wondrous Images
Catalogue of Pichhvais
Reserve Collection/Visual Supplement
Appendices
Select Bibliography
This second part is in continuations of our publication in the series of catalogues, Indian Embroideries Vol.II, Historic Textiles of India at the Calico Museum by John lrwin and Margaret Hall, published in 1973.
The pieces covered in this part are selected out of 179 pieces acquired after 1973.
Since its foundation in 1984, the Calico Museum at Ahmedabad has earned international recognition as one of the most important collection of Indian textiles in the world.
The art of handblock printing, dyeing and painting separately or in combination, to produce attractive fabrics of rich colour and patterns is very ancient in India. This art flourished in various places in India with different procedural techniques, ingredients and equipments, producing exclusive fabrics, which are known. The value of a resist, natural dye and natural chemical was appreciated all over India by the calico printers. Reports of foreign travellers, ...
This volume extends the technical overview of Mughal Patkas in our previous publication, Indian Costumes II: Patkas: A Costume Accessory in the Collection of the Calico Museum of Textiles, 2002. It illustrates in greater detail the basic principles of construction of what are among the most technically and aesthetically remarkable silks ever woven in India. Thread models and close-up photographs are used to illustrate, as clearly as possible, the types of yarn, ...