Indian Embroideries: Volume II, Historic Textiles of India at the Calico Museum
by John Irwin (Author), Margaret Hall (Author)
- Hardcover: 222 pages
- Publisher: Calico Museum of Textiles,India (April 1983)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0710101589
- ISBN-13: 978-0710101587
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Second volume of a series of catalogues intended to cover the entire collections of the Calico Museum. This book is divided into eleven chapters; the first four dealing with Court, Trade, Temple, and Gold embroideries, the rest divided by regional styles. The catalogue entries on the nearly 300 textiles are detailed giving technical and iconographic information. Includes 12 tipped-in color plates and 100 b/w photographic plates.