Contents
Preface 6
Foreword by Rosemary Crill 7
Introduction 10
CHAPTER 1 The Pinnacle of Indian Textile Craft: The Double lkat Silk Patola of Gujarat 22
Plates 1-12
CHAPTER 2 Preserved in Tibetan Temples: Sultanate and Assamese Silk Lampas 58
Plates 13-21
CHAPTER 3 Surviving as Heirlooms on Indonesian Islands: Painted and Printed Mordant-Resist Cottons 88
Plates 22-51
CHAPTER 4 Embroidered Paintings for the Gods: Chamba Rumals 180
Plates 52-57
CHAPTER 5 Picturing Deities and Everyday Life: Kantha Embroideries from Rural Bengal 196
Plates 58-69
CHAPTER 6 From Complex Looms: The Baluchar Saris of Murshidabad 230
Plates 70-78
CHAPTER 7 Design by a Reserve Technique: Tie-Dyed Silks and Cottons 272
Plates 79-91
CHAPTER 8 No Marriage without Dowry Textiles: Embroideries from Gujarat 304
Plates 92-111
CHAPTER 9 Clad in Gold: Precious Metal Brocades from Gujarat 366
Plates 112-117
CHAPTER 10 Embroidered Gardens: Phulkaris and Baghs from the Punjab 384
Plates 118-125
CHAPTER 11 Mastering Abstraction: Embroideries of the Banjara from Maharashtra and Gujarat 408
Plates 126-130
CHAPTER 12 Pichhavais: Temple Hangings for a Krishna Cult 422
Plates 131-136
Bibliography 444
Glossary 446
Authors 447