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Traditional Textiles of India
| Title: | Traditional Textiles of India | | Authors: | Jayakar Pupul, Nanavaty Mahesh, Mittal Jagdish, and Mudaliar, M.P. Nachimuthu | | Publication: | Marg | | Enumeration: | Vol. 15 Issue no. 4; September 1962, p. 7-36 + 1 unnumbered leaf between p. 6-7 | | Abstract: | The Introduction by Pupul Jayakar looks at the antiquity of the textile tradition in India, the basic techniques used in the dyed cloths, and the streams of textile craft expression: rural, classical, tribal, and court traditions. The main article deals with the production of various traditional textiles crafts: himroo (cotton and silk weaves) and "asavali" saris of Paithan in Maharashtra; patola (wedding sari of Kathiawar women), gharchola (a traditional type of tie-dyeing), and Saurashtra dhabla (blanket); tasar (a raw silk), and "asavali" cotton and gold Chanderi sari (Madhya Pradesh); Dhakai jamdani muslin sari and Baluchar figured silk sari (Bengal); bandhani (Rajasthan), worn as a "ghatadi" or wedding scarf by women of Gujarat, as a dupatta in Kathiawar and Rajputana, as a decoration for the ghagra by the women of Sindh, and as a drape by Khoja women; phulkari (Punjab), or flower work on thick home-spun cloth dyed in ochre or Indian red; vichitrapuri sari (Orissa), a marriage sari from the tribal area of Sambalpur; Varanasi brocades; the differences between the telia rumal of Pochampalli and Chirala (Andhra) and factors which could adapt it to present-day taste; Kanchipuram sari (Madras); kalamkari; the fabrics of Manipur, the Naga hills, and Assam; and an overview of the "Bleeding Madras" market upto current times. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher | | See Also: | | Tools: |
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