Description
Product ID: | 9780300246797 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Title: | Cloth that Changed the World |
Subtitle: | The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz |
Authors: | Author: Sarah Fee |
Page Count: | 312 |
Subjects: | History of art, History of art / art & design styles, Textile artworks, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Fashion and textile design, Asian history, Textile artworks, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Industrial / commercial art & design, History of fashion, Asian history, Indian sub-continent |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The story of India’s exuberantly colored textiles that made their mark on design, technology, and trade around the world Chintz, a type of multicolored printed or painted cotton cloth, originated in India yet exerted influence far beyond its home shores: it became a driving force of the spice trade in the East Indies, and it attracted European merchants, who by the 17th century were importing millions of pieces. In the 18th century, Indian chintz became so coveted globally that Europeans attempted to imitate its uniquely vibrant dyes and design—a quest that eventually sparked the mechanical and business innovations that ushered in the Industrial Revolution, with its far-reaching societal impacts. This beautifully illustrated book tells the fascinating and multidisciplinary stories of the widespread desire for Indian chintz over 1,000 years to its latest resurgence in modern fashion and home design. Based on the renowned Indian chintz collections held at the Royal Ontario Museum, the book showcases the genius of Indian chintz makers and the dazzling variety of works they have created for specialized markets: religious and court banners for India, monumental gilded wall hangings for elite homes in Europe and Thailand, luxury women’s dress for England, sacred hangings for ancestral ceremonies in Indonesia, and today’s runways of Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai. Distributed for the Royal Ontario MuseumExhibition Schedule:Royal Ontario Museum (April 4–September 27, 2020) |
Imprint Name: | Yale University Press |
Publisher Name: | Yale University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-02-11 |