Sanganer: Traditional Textiles/Contemporary Cloth--Actual Cotton Hand Blocked Samples Tipped In

price reduced from $25.00 due to a slight crimping to the upper left corner of the book; damage from shipping

soft cover
fully illustrated in color
In English
A publication of Anohki Museum of Hand Printing, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
7 1/2" x 7 1/2", 19 cm x 19 cm
112 pages/ 4 samples of printed cotton

Text: Suki Skidmore
Initial Research and Text: Emma Ronald
Photographs: Suki Skidmore, David Dunning
Book Design: Rachel Bracken-Singh

Sanganer ~ Traditional Textiles, Contemporary Cloth traces the evolution of hand block printing in an historic textile town and demonstrates the versatility of this living craft in face of modernization & ‘progress’.

Contents:

Introduction
Geography
Historical Background
Patronage
Courtly Cloth
Temple Textiles
Local Textile Traditions
Sant Namdev
Syahi-Begar Production
A Printer's Tale
Advent of Modern India
Calico Printers Co-operative
Revival & the Hippie Trail
Block Carving
Deluge & Rebirth
Hand Screen Printing
Environmental Questions
State-of-Affairs
Fashion & the Future
Looking Forward
Epilogue
Sanganer Collection
Glossary
Bibliography
Acknowledgments