Created in Patan in Gujarat, patola silk is considered to be among the best handwoven silk in India. A long standing weaving tradition, the patola silks fall under the resist-dyed category of textiles where both weft and warp threads are dyed before the weaving begins. Although the patola textiles were extremely popular in the global market in the 18th and 19th centuries, especially in Indonesia, this weaving technique and the textiles face an imminent danger of extinction. Today, there is only one family in Patan that still practices this art. This research aims at examining the history of this textile and its significance in globalization and crosscultural exchange. It explores museological strategies that could generate models for preser...
In many areas of the world, traditional textile cultures are being ‘kept alive’ or revived through t...
The embroidery of the Banjara people makes an important part of Indian culture, The Banjara are a pr...
This paper begins an investigation into, the practical, social, spiritual and protective roles of de...
Created in Patan in Gujarat, patola silk is considered to be among the best handwoven silk in India....
Fabriqués dans la ville de Patan située dans l’état de Gujarat dans l’ouest de l’Inde, les textiles ...
Le commerce avec Timor est attesté dans les sources écrites au moins depuis le XIVe s. Des marchands...
Sustainability is the need of the hour and the world is now looking for the environment-friendly opt...
In this paper I will analyze the development of design within the several-hundred-year-old tradition...
The rich and beautiful products of the weavers of India have been rightly called “Exquisite poetry i...
Weaving, in both its traditional and innovative applications, emerged across the Chittagong hills hu...
651-655Hand woven textiles have always been a rich source of one’s tradition. In the Northeast...
The influence of the Indian double ikat silk patola on Southeast Asian textile structure and design ...
Global trade, design influence and inspiration are central to the history of Indian textiles. Estima...
A community of block printers and dyers in the Indian state of Gujarat has concentrated upon produci...
Both in global market and in perspectives of modernization, preserving and popularizing the traditio...
In many areas of the world, traditional textile cultures are being ‘kept alive’ or revived through t...
The embroidery of the Banjara people makes an important part of Indian culture, The Banjara are a pr...
This paper begins an investigation into, the practical, social, spiritual and protective roles of de...
Created in Patan in Gujarat, patola silk is considered to be among the best handwoven silk in India....
Fabriqués dans la ville de Patan située dans l’état de Gujarat dans l’ouest de l’Inde, les textiles ...
Le commerce avec Timor est attesté dans les sources écrites au moins depuis le XIVe s. Des marchands...
Sustainability is the need of the hour and the world is now looking for the environment-friendly opt...
In this paper I will analyze the development of design within the several-hundred-year-old tradition...
The rich and beautiful products of the weavers of India have been rightly called “Exquisite poetry i...
Weaving, in both its traditional and innovative applications, emerged across the Chittagong hills hu...
651-655Hand woven textiles have always been a rich source of one’s tradition. In the Northeast...
The influence of the Indian double ikat silk patola on Southeast Asian textile structure and design ...
Global trade, design influence and inspiration are central to the history of Indian textiles. Estima...
A community of block printers and dyers in the Indian state of Gujarat has concentrated upon produci...
Both in global market and in perspectives of modernization, preserving and popularizing the traditio...
In many areas of the world, traditional textile cultures are being ‘kept alive’ or revived through t...
The embroidery of the Banjara people makes an important part of Indian culture, The Banjara are a pr...
This paper begins an investigation into, the practical, social, spiritual and protective roles of de...