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The Flowering Desert
An updated edition of an essential resource on the textile crafts of Sindh. The textile crafts of Sindh are amongst the oldest in South Asia. A kaleidoscope of color, mirrors, and embroidery, Sindhi textiles feature motifs of desert flowers, peacocks, scorpions, and sand dunes. The Flowering Desert explores the history, craftsmanship, styles, and stitches of textiles from Sindh in Pakistan, which, according to some scholars, was the crucible in which the textile traditions of Gujarat and Rajasthan were forged. It focuses on a spectacular private collection, parts of which have been exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and the National Museums of Scotland. In addition to sumptuous photography of 120 remarkable objects--from tunics and turban sashes to dowry bags and animal adornments--the book includes essays on the history of the region, its ethnic groups, and their differing styles, as well as on the numerous stitches used in Sindhi embroidery. This is a revised second edition of the best-selling book which incorporates new and additional material as well as an expanded glossary, which will be of interest to both collectors and scholars.
Colours of the Indus
Distributed for Merrell Holberton, Exhibition catalogue, Published in association with Victoria & Albert Museum.
Tale of the Tile
"This publication began as a catalogue accompanying the exhibition Tale of the Tile: The Ceramic Traditions of Pakistan, held at the Mohatta Palace Museum from June 23, 2006 to July 17, 2010, showcasing the remarkable origins and tradition of ceramic architectural embellishment in the Indus valley, following the spread of Islam."--foreword
Postcolonial Past & Present
In Postcolonial Past & Present twelve outstanding scholars of literature, history and visual arts look to those spaces Epeli Hau’ofa has insisted are full not empty, asking what it might mean to Indigenise culture. A new cultural politics demands new forms of making and interpretation that rethink and reroute existing cultural categories and geographies. These ‘makers’ include Mukunda Das, Janet Frame, Xavier Herbert, Tomson Highway, Claude McKay, Marie Munkara, Elsje van Keppel, Albert Wendt, Jane Whiteley and Alexis Wright. Case studies from Canada to the Caribbean, India to the Pacific, and Africa, analyse the productive ways that artists and intellectuals have made sense of turbulent local and global forces. Contributors: Bill Ashcroft, Debnarayan Bandyopadhyay, Anne Brewster, Diana Brydon, Meeta Chatterjee—Padmanabhan, Anne Collett, Dorothy Jones, Kay Lawrence, Russell McDougall, Tekura Moeka’a, Tony Simões da Silva, Teresia Teaiwa, Albert Wendt, Lydia Wevers, Diana Wood Conroy
Textiles from India
This book shows how India has been the centre for the global textile trade from the middle ages to today.
The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504-1719
A new interpretation of the Mughal Empire explores Mughal state formation through the pivotal role of its princes.
"They Took Me and Told Me Nothing"
Recommendations -- Background -- Female genital mutilation around the world -- Female genital mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan -- Female genital mutilation : a human rights issue -- Official action on FGM.
History of Design
A survey of spectacular breadth, covering the history of decorative arts and design worldwide over the past six hundred years
The Herald
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Uncut Cloth
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... at the Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, 19 June - 24 October 1999.
