Textiles and Dress of Gujarat

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EDWARDS

Textiles and Dress of Gujarat

Eiluned Edwards has been researching textiles and dress in India for 20 years and has published widely on their production, use and circulation. She lived in Gujarat for a number of years, working with pastoral migrants, craftspeople, entrepreneurs and nongovernmental organisations throughout the state. Her PhD (2000) addressed the effects of social change since Indian Independence in 1947 on the textiles and dress of the nomadic Rabaris of Kachchh. She was a senior research fellow at the V&A/London College of Fashion from 2005 to 2009, and has recently joined Nottingham Trent University as a senior lecturer in Design and Visual Culture.

Part of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to the Shree Dhebar Sarva Seva Vikas Mandal Anjar, an educational trust established in 1992 by the Rabari community of Kachchh to provide residential schools for Rabari children.

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Textiles and Dress of Gujarat

Textiles and Dress of Gujarat The textiles and dress of Gujarat in western India are acclaimed for their design and craftsmanship. The sophisticated weaves, dyeing techniques, intricate embroideries, vibrant motifs and embellished dress, and the communities to which many of these are unique, have all been the subjects of this extensive documentation. Textiles and dress play a central role in the construction of a visual identity of Gujarat and its people. This book examines the ‘social life’ of Gujarat’s textiles, tracing the historical journey of cloth and dress up to the present day. It looks closely at handmade fabrics, woven, dyed, painted and printed cloth, and embroidery, and locates their place in culture and trade. It also acknowledges the role of entrepreneurship in the survival of these handmade textiles. With 243 colour photographs, 3 maps and 18 line drawings

EILUNED EDWARDS

Jyotindra Jain and Aarti Aggarwala Crafts of India

Handmade in India Edited by Aditi Ranjan and M P Ranjan

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Front Detail of red silk bandhani kanchali Inset Meghwal woman in dowry jewellery, Banni area, north Kachchh

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Back Dhebarias wearing khesado


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