Asian EmbroideryJasleen Dhamija Asian Embroidery Is The Result Of An International Seminar Held By Crafts Council Of India, Which Was Coordinated By The Well-Known Authority On Textiles, Jasleen Dhamija. Writers, Researchers, Professors, Who Have Spent A Life Time Researching In Different Regions Of Asia Came Together To Share Their Know Ledge. Besides Well-Known Subjects As Phulkari, Bagh, The Central Asian Suzani, There Are The Little Known Embroideries Of The Philippines, Of Kyrgyzstan, Of The Chinese Settlers In Indonesia, The Beadwork Of Sarawak. There Is The Brilliant Work Of The Symbolic Significance Of Light And Shining Surfaces And A Broad Sweep Of The Creative Expressions Of Different Regions. The Contributors Are Well- Known Authorities Padma Shri Jagdish Mittal, Prof. Joanne Eicher, Prof. Victoria Rivers, John Gillow, Prof. Shehnaz Ismail, Dr. Judy Frater, Ruby Ghuznavi, Edric Ong And Many Others. |
Contents
FOREWORD | 9 |
PREFACE | 11 |
ASIA | 15 |
LEGEND OF THE MAP | 16 |
AN EXPRESSION OF WOMENS CREATIVITY By Jasleen Dhamija | 18 |
SOME MASTER PIECES By Jagdish Mittal | 25 |
EMBELLISHED CLOTH FOR BODY AND SOUL By Professor Victoria Z Rivers | 45 |
AN INITIAL STUDY1 By Ruby Palchoudhury Satarupa Dutta | 67 |
NEEDLEWEAVING OF THE TODAS OF THE NILGIRIS By Evam Piljain Weidermann Sunita Shahaney | 183 |
TRADITIONAL EMBROIDERY OF MINORITY GROUPS IN VIETNAM By Dinh Thu Huong | 189 |
BEADWORK OF SARAWAK MALAYSIA By Edric Ong | 199 |
TRADITIONAL GOLD EMBROIDERY OF MALAYSIA By Raja Fuziah Binti Raja Tun Uda | 209 |
EMBROIDERY IN THE THAI WAY OF LIFE By Khun Surapee Rojanavongse | 219 |
PHILIPPINE EMBROIDERY WITH A FOCUS ON THE BLAAN By Linda L Beeman | 227 |
INDIAN GOLDEMBROIDERED VELVETS IN NIGERIA By Joanne B Eicher | 235 |
KASHMIR AND EMBROIDERYAN EXTRA ORDINARY ASSOCIATION By Jenny Housego | 249 |
SUZANI EMBROIDERY OF UZBEKISTAN By Carter Malik | 85 |
KYRGYZ EMBROIDERED WALL PANELSTUSHKIIZIES By Dinara Chochunbaeva | 93 |
A STITCH TRAVELS EMBROIDERY IN SWAT KOHISTAN SWAT VALLEY AND HAZARA By Shehnaz Ismail | 101 |
THE EMBROIDERY SHAWLS OF THE PUNJAB By Joss Graham | 113 |
THE EMBROIDERY OF SIND By John Gillow | 125 |
THE TRADITION OF KANTHA AND CONTEMPORARY TRENDS By Ruby Ghuznavi | 131 |
RABARI EMBROIDERY CHRONICLE OF TRADITION AND IDENTITY IN CHANGING WORLD By Judy Frater | 143 |
BANJARA EMBROIDERY OF ANDHRAORIGINS DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH By Nivedita Krishna Rao | 159 |
KARNATAKA KASHIDA By Sunita Shahaney | 173 |
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19th century animals appliqué ari embroidery B'laan bagh Bagobo Bangladesh Banjara beads beadwork Bengal blouse border bride century A.D. chain stitch chikan embroidery chikankari Chinese cloth colours cotton covered Crafts Council created culture decorated Delhi depicted designs Dhebaria dress East Eicher embellished embroidered velvet European export fabric floral flowers garments geometric girls gold embroidery Gujarat hair hangings Hindi Hindu holbein stitch India Indonesia influence Jasleen Dhamija Joanne Judy Frater Kachhi Kalabari kantha Kashmir Kasuti Kenyah known Kutch Lucknow Malaysia materials metal Minang Minang embroidery Minangkabau mirrors motifs Mughal Museum needlework ornamentation Pakistan panel patterns Persian Photo phulkari pieces Portuguese protective Punjab Rabari region rumals running stitch Sarawak sari Satgaon Satgaon quilt satin satin stitch Saurashtra shawls silk Sindhi skirt style suzani Swat symbol technique Tekatan textiles trade traditional embroidery Turki Tush-kiiz Urdu village wear weaving wedding women worn woven wrappers zardozi