Treasures of Indian Textiles, Calico Museum, Ahmedabad

Calico Museum of Textiles (India)

Bombay: Marg Publications, 1980. Hardcover. Beige cloth boards with color illustration and red paper spine with gold gilt lettering, beige and color illustrated dust jacket with black lettering, 145 pp., both color and bw illustrations throughout. G/G- (book shows minor shelf wear and spine crease, previous owner's nameplate on front page, all pages clear and intact - dust jacket is worn but still protective with small tears to top and bottom). Item #181775

"Treasures of Indian Textiles from the Calico Museum, Ahmedabad, brings to view some of the finest fabrics, woven, spun, painted and printed in our land through the centuries. These marvels of the hand and the heart, collected from all parts of India, with taste and discrimination, in a centre where the tradition of cloth-making has survived till this day, charm the visitor's eye through the variety of kalakaris, pichhavais, patolas, tent canopies and precious brocades. We have taken care to show the relationship between the costumes and the cloths in which the apparels were made. And what is revealed is the love of dignity of our men and women through the ages, their sense of pleasure in decoration of the body, and the heightenings they desired in color and form. Ans we are fascinated by the genius of the peasant-artisans, who made these fabrics." - dust jacket descriptions.