Embroidery from India and Pakistan
Title | Embroidery from India and Pakistan PDF eBook |
Author | Sheila Paine |
Publisher | British museum Press |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Art |
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Focusing on over 20 textiles from the British Museum's collection, this book explores the wonderful folk embroidery of India and Pakistan - in particular the domestic work made by women for their own dowry or family. Illustrated in full and in detail, these richly decorated items - costumes and household textiles -should provide designers at all levels with inspiration for new and unexpected ways for using colour and pattern in their own work.
Colour & Light
Title | Colour & Light PDF eBook |
Author | Dale Carolyn Gluckman |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780973665673 |
Indian Embroidery
Title | Indian Embroidery PDF eBook |
Author | Rosemary Crill |
Publisher | Victoria & Albert Museum |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Art |
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Illustrations show the richness and variety of Indian textile traditions and reveal patterns and colours that have both influenced and been influenced by Western design, from the 16th century when the earliest surviving pieces here were sent to Europe, right up to the late 1990s.
The Techniques of Indian Embroidery
Title | The Techniques of Indian Embroidery PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Morrell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9781883010089 |
Introduces Indian embroidery stitches and techniques, and shows examples of quilting, pattern-darning, counted-thread work, whitework, mirror work, metal work, applique, and patchwork
Asian Embroidery
Title | Asian Embroidery PDF eBook |
Author | Jasleen Dhamija |
Publisher | Abhinav Publications |
Pages | 343 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 8170174503 |
Asian Embroidery Is The Result Of An International Seminar Held By Crafts Council Of India, Which Was Coordinated By The Well-Known Authority On Textiles, Jasleen Dhamija. Writers, Researchers, Professors, Who Have Spent A Life Time Researching In Different Regions Of Asia Came Together To Share Their Know Ledge. Besides Well-Known Subjects As Phulkari, Bagh, The Central Asian Suzani, There Are The Little Known Embroideries Of The Philippines, Of Kyrgyzstan, Of The Chinese Settlers In Indonesia, The Beadwork Of Sarawak. There Is The Brilliant Work Of The Symbolic Significance Of Light And Shining Surfaces And A Broad Sweep Of The Creative Expressions Of Different Regions. The Contributors Are Well- Known Authorities Padma Shri Jagdish Mittal, Prof. Joanne Eicher, Prof. Victoria Rivers, John Gillow, Prof. Shehnaz Ismail, Dr. Judy Frater, Ruby Ghuznavi, Edric Ong And Many Others.
Art & Letters: Indian and Pakistan
Title | Art & Letters: Indian and Pakistan PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 1955 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Vols. for 1925- include the society's annual reports and accounts of meetings, 15th-
Traditional Embroideries of India
Title | Traditional Embroideries of India PDF eBook |
Author | Shailaja D. Naik |
Publisher | APH Publishing |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9788170247319 |