Name/Title
Indian textiles : 1,000 years of art and designEntry/Object ID
NK8876.T53 Description
This book features items from one of the world's foremost private collections of Indian textiles, the Karun Thakar Collection, together with key pieces from two recently united American collections, The Textile Museum and the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection in Washington, DC. The book and accompanying exhibition offer a unique approach to understanding Indian textile culture through reference to three distinct traditions: abstract, floral and figurative design. With essays by three leading international Indian textile curators, the publication's focus on textile ornament rather than date, region, usage, or technique provides new perspective and scholarship on this ancient artistic tradition. This book highlights the tradition's remarkable diversity, with objects ranging from folk embroideries to Mughal courtly weavings, and from early textiles traded to Egypt and Southeast Asia to 18th-century chintzes exported to Europe.Context
First published on the occasion of the exhibition "Indian textiles: 1,000 years of art and design" at the George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.Lexicon
Search Terms
figurative art--south asia, flowers in art, textile design--india, textile fabrics--india, textile fabrics--private collectionsLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Karun Thakar, Rosemary Crill, Avalon Fotheringham, Sylvia Houghteling, Steven CohenPublisher
George Washington University Museum, Textile Museum, Hali PublicationsPlace Published
City
Washington, D.C., LondonCountry
United States of America, England, United KingdomContinent
North America, EuropeDate Published
2021ISBN
9781898113966LCCN
2021909329Notes
Length: 416General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Abstract patterns -- Floral patterns -- Figurative patterns.