The book traces the history of jute from its earliest use thousands of years ago to its current status as a favourite fabric for upmarket home furnish... More...
Indian textiles have a glorious tradition going back about fifty centuries, nourished by the creative and innovative energies of its craftsmen. Up to ... More...
A four-thousand-year-old sandstone bust depicts a bearded priest covering his left shoulder with a shawl or mantle. Even today Indian men wear shawls ... More...
Textiles have been produced by almost every advanced culture over the centuries- the Hellenic, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Achaemidian, Sassanian, Assyria... More...
The outstanding textiles represented in this book were displayed at the Visvakarma series of exhibitions and have a wide-ranging vocabulary of design,... More...