Indian EmbroideryIllustrations show the richness and variety of Indian textile traditions and reveal patterns and colours that have both influenced and been influenced by Western design, from the 16th century when the earliest surviving pieces here were sent to Europe, right up to the late 1990s. |
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19th or early 20th century back-stitch Baluchistan Bangladesh Banjara community Banni Bengal chain-stitch Chamba Child's dress Cotton embroidered Cotton ground cotton thread Coverlet rumal cross-stitch decorative designs Detail of plate Dhaka double running-stitch early 18th early 20th century embroidered with cotton embroidered with floss embroidered with silk embroidered with woollen European market fabric Cotton embroidered floss silk Given by Lady Given by Miss Gujarat herringbone-stitch Himachal Pradesh Indian embroidery Indus Kohistan interlacing-stitch Jessore District Kashmir Kutch Lady Ratan Tata late 19th century Length of dress Lohana Lucknow Man's sash patka Man's wedding scarf mid-20th century Mochi community Mughal open chain-stitch opposite Pakistan Parsee girl's shirt phulkari pieces Portuguese market quilted and embroidered radiating stitches Rajasthan Ratan Tata saris satin-stitch Saurashtra Shireen Feroze Nana Silk embroidered Silk satin embroidered Sindh Sindhi stitch Srinagar Surat surface darning-stitch textiles Tharparkar thread and mirrors tussar tussar silk Uttar Pradesh Western Panjab Woman's shawl abochhini