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Jewelled textiles : gold and silver embellished cloth of India / Vandana Bhandari ; foreword Laila Tyabji.
- Title
- Jewelled textiles : gold and silver embellished cloth of India / Vandana Bhandari ; foreword Laila Tyabji.
- Author
- Bhandari, Vandana
- Publication
- New Delhi : Om Books International, 2015.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Tyabji, Laila
- Description
- 214 pages : illustrations (black and white, and color); 34 cm
- Summary
- "Jewelled Textiles: Gold And Silver Embellished Cloth of India presents a rich selection of textiles and dresses ornamented with precious metals gold and silver. These textiles have been associated with wealth, supremacy, ceremony and divinity in the subcontinent"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 208) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Laila Tyabji -- Chapter 1. Origin and history of gold and silver textiles in India -- Chapter 2. Manufacture of zari -- Chapter 3. Styles and techniques of metal embroidery -- Chapter 4. Styles & techniques of metal printing -- Chapter 5. Gold and silver in contemporary textiles -- Chapter 6. Design directory -- Glossary.
- ISBN
- 9789383202003
- 9383202009
- LCCN
- ^^2015358829
- OCLC
- 905961379
- SCSB-9906507
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library