Indian Embroideries, Volume II
Ahmedabad, India: S.R. Bastikar for Calico Museum of Textiles, 1973. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering. No dust jacket. 225 pp. with 12 color plates, tipped in, and occasional bw figures; followed by 100 bw glossy plates. Good+ (ex-library w/ ID to lower spine, stamps to textblock edges, internal stamps, usual markings, etc. scuffs & scratches to boards; creasing to corners. spine-spongy, textblock firm.). Item #153142
Due day slip has no removal stamps. Pages appear clean, but, may have occasional instances of marks, marginalia, etc. Remains a nice, solid, ex-library copy. From the series Historic Textiles of India at the Calico Museum. Volume II only. Covers court and trade embroideries, temple hangings, gold embroideries, and 7 chapters on different regional styles: Kutch, Kathiawar, Surat, Chinai, Sindh, Panjab, Bengal, and more. With end notes, a glossary of embroidery stictches and glossary of textile terms. Includes a concordance of museum numbers and catalogue numbers. List of the color and bw plates.
OCLC: 1228216
Price: $85.00