Descriptions Textiles and Dress of Gujarat for Free
Textile and costume traditions of Gujarat in northwestern India are acclaimed for their design and craftsmanship. The beautiful weaves, dyeing techniques, intricate embroideries, artistic motifs and embellished dress, and the communities to which many of these are unique, have all been the subjects of extensive documentation.
Textiles and dress play a central role in the construction of a visual identity of Gujarat and its people. This book examines the 'social life' of Gujarat's textiles, tracing the historical journey of cloth and costume until modern-day dress. It looks closely at dyed and painted textiles, and embroidery, and locates their place in culture, trade and commerce, and their effect on entrepreneurship in the region.
Eiluned Edwards has been researching the production and consumption of textiles and dress in India for 20 years. She was a senior research fellow at the V&A/London College of Fashion from 2005 to 2009, and has recently joined Nottingham Trent University as a senior lecturer in Design and Visual Culture., Must Read Books Of All Time .
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