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020			_a9781851498093 (hardback)
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084			_a746.0954 _bGUY-I
100	1		_aGuy, John, _d1949- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aIndian cotton textiles : _h[Book] _bseven centuries of chintz from the Karun Thakar collection / _cJohn Guy, Karun Thakar.
300			_a172 pages (some folded) : _billustrations (black and white, and colour) ; _c31 cm
520			_aIndia has been at the heart of the global trade in textiles since ancient times, and cotton has been at the heart of the Subcontinent's economy for millennia. Indian dyed and painted cottons were admired in and traded to the Far East and the Mediterranean world for many generations before European interest in chintz created a new market. The trade in Indian cloth flourished due to the ability of its craftsmen to create a multitude of detailed and expressive patterns with strong and fast colors. Such textiles gained high esteem among the elite at home and abroad, ultimately acquiring heirloom status. Karun Thakar has been collecting textile art for more than 30 years, and has one of the world's leading private collections from the Indian Subcontinent, with costume and fabrics from the 14th century through to the early 20th. Aspects of the Thakar Collection have been exhibited in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Indian dyed and painted cotton cloths in the Thakar Collection are perhaps the best in private hands. Many have never previously been published. Dating from the 15th century onwards, the collection illustrates the trade in textiles across the Indian Ocean with the Malay-Indonesian world, with Sri Lanka, Armenia and Europe, as well as within the Indian domestic market.
521			_aAll.
650		0	_aTextile fabrics, Indic _xPrivate collections.
700			_aThakar, Karun, _eauthor.
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650		0	_aArt, Medieval _zJerusalem _yCultural pluralism _vExhibitions.
650		0	_aCultural pluralism _zJerusalem _yArt, Medieval _vExhibitions.
650		0	_aEast and West _xMiddle East--Jerusalem _yCivilization _vExhibitions.
700	1		_aBoehm, Barbara Drake,
700	1		_aHolcomb, Melanie,
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