Dress in all its global diversity is the theme of this beautifully illustrated book. It brings together some 150 garments from East and West, from the tropics to the Arctic circle, from the plains of India to the mountain ranges of Montenegro. Many of the garments illustrated here were made for festivals, weddings and other ceremonies, and they display a breathtaking richness of detail - rows of ornamental buttons, embroidered borders, intricate pleating and stitching, flamboyant fringes and tassels - that makes them a source of inspiration for many of today's top designers.

Dress in Detail From Around the World

Arts & Photography

Wearden, Jennifer

Crill, Rosemary

Graphic Design

Victoria & Albert Museum

This volume deals in depth with Indian textiles in the ikat technique. It is based on the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of ikats from all over India, many of which date from the mid-19th century, and represent aspects of weaving and dyeing that no longer survive in their places of origin. A complex form of resist-dyeing in which threads are patterned before weaving, ikat has been used in India since at least the early centuries AD. Over 100 pieces are discussed and illustrated, from the satin-weave mashurs of South India and the silk patola from Gujarat, to simple cotton saris from Orissa and Tamil Nadu and subtly-coloured rumals from Andhra Pradesh. Further sections explore the influence of Indian ikat on the textile traditions of other areas, including South-East Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Indian Ikat Textiles (Vict0Ria and Albert Museum Indian Art Series)

Decorative Arts & Design

Weatherhill

Hats from India

Victoria and Albert Museum

A source of inspiration for designers from William Morris to Alexander McQueen, the V&A holds over three million designs for textiles, decorations, wallpapers and prints. Now beautifully re-presented, the bestselling V&A Pattern series invites you to appreciate the work of some of the greatest names and styles in design history, highlighting interesting and imaginative works that are all too rarely seen. This pocket-sized book features 66 carefully selected patterns, and has a concise expert introduction, making it an invaluable source of inspiration for creatives–and the perfect gift for pattern-lovers. V&A: Patterns: Indian Florals celebrates the unique breadth of the V&A’s archives and showcases some of the most exciting pieces from the collection.

V&A Pattern: Indian Florals (V&A Patterns)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Over the past hundred years, “chintz? has come to mean any floral printed furnishing fabric, usually made of cotton, and often glazed. Its origins as a hand-drawn and dyed fabric from India are often forgotten, but it is with these rare earlier chintzes that this book is concerned. This stunning album explores in detail the background and development of this beautiful technique and looks at the use of chintz in Europe from the early seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, first as bed curtains and wall hangings and later for popular men?s and women?s fashions. The Victoria and Albert Museum?s collection, published for the first time in glorious color and including close-up details, will interest interior designers, textile students, and those involved in fashion.

Chintz Indian Textiles for the West

History & Criticism

This volume deals in depth with Indian textiles in the ikat technique. It is based on the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of ikats from all over India, many of which date from the mid-19th century, and represent aspects of weaving and dyeing that no longer survive in their places of origin. A complex form of resist-dyeing in which threads are patterned before weaving, ikat has been used in India since at least the early centuries AD. Over 100 pieces are discussed and illustrated, from the satin-weave mashurs of South India and the silk patola from Gujarat, to simple cotton saris from Orissa and Tamil Nadu and subtly-coloured rumals from Andhra Pradesh. Further sections explore the influence of Indian ikat on the textile traditions of other areas, including South-East Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Indian Ikat textiles (Indian art series / Victoria and Albert Museum)

V&A Publications

Used. Very Good conditions. May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner.

Indian Embroidery

"Meticulously detailed as well as gorgeous....The color photographs-which cover page after page and capture these intricate designs in close-up-are the main source of delight."-Time Out (London) Now available in paperback, this lavishly illustrated book celebrates the Victoria and Albert Museum's magnificent collection of dress from around the world. A source of inspiration to many of today's top designers, these colorful items of clothing, seen here in glorious close-up, will delight all lovers of fashion. The detailed line drawings are of special interest to professionals in any aspect of the fashion field. AUTHOR BIO: Rosemary Crill is a curator in the department of Asian art at the V&amp;A. Jennifer Wearden is a curator in the department of furniture, textiles, and dress at the V&amp;A. Verity Wilson is a curator in the department of Asian art at the V&amp;A.

Wilson, Verity

Over the past hundred years, chintz” has come to mean any floral printed furnishing fabric, usually made of cotton, and often glazed. Its origins as a hand-drawn and dyed fabric from India are often forgotten, but it is with these rare earlier chintzes that this book is concerned. This stunning album explores in detail the background and development of this beautiful technique and looks at the use of chintz in Europe from the early seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, first as bed curtains and wall hangings and later for popular men’s and women’s fashions. The Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection, published for the first time in glorious color and including close-up details, will interest interior designers, textile students, and those involved in fashion.

Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West

V&A Publishing

“Meticulously detailed as well as gorgeous....The color photographs—which cover page after page and capture these intricate designs in close-up—are the main source of delight.” —Time Out (London) Now available in paperback, this lavishly illustrated book celebrates the Victoria and Albert Museum's magnificent collection of dress from around the world. A source of inspiration to many of today's top designers, these colorful items of clothing, seen here in glorious close-up, will delight all lovers of fashion. The detailed line drawings are of special interest to professionals in any aspect of the fashion field.

World Dress: Fashion in Detail

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Dress in Detail From Around the World

Indian Ikat Textiles (Vict0Ria and Albert Museum Indian Art Series)

Hats from India

V&A Pattern: Indian Florals (V&A Patterns)

Chintz Indian Textiles for the West

Indian Ikat textiles (Indian art series / Victoria and Albert Museum)

Indian Embroidery

Dress in Detail From Around the World

Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West

World Dress: Fashion in Detail