Ahmedabad: Calico Museum of Textiles, 1986. 3 tipped-in color plates and 12 black and white of textiles. Booklet of embroidered and painted cotton textiles and other ritual objects related in Jainism in the Calico Museum of Textiles collection. More about Jaina: Textiles Manuscripts, Sculpture, Ceremonial Objects and Woodwork
[New York]: Smead and Lawton, 1904. 32 monochrome illustrations. One of the first publications on Indian rugs this promotional booklet shows contemporary rug production including carding, dyeing, and weaving. [GWO 1855, SORB I-70]. More about Rugs of India
Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 1993. 150 color plates. More about Crafts of Himachal Pradesh
New Delhi: Rekha Prakashan, 1992. 10 color plates 53 black and white. Focus on 19th century embroidery from this Northern Indian state. More about Folk Embroidery of Himachal Pradesh
Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1909. 15 black and white plates. Uncommon. With chapters on pile carpets, textiles, and embroidery. More about Lahore Museum, Punjab: A Descriptive Guide to the Department of Industrial Art
Surat: Tapi Collection, 2012. 728 illustrations, most in color. "Kashmir Shawls offers a fabulous visual repository of dazzling new shawl images never before published. Curators unfamiliar with shawls will find it extremely useful in assessing their own collections...Serious collectors will find this lavish book to be a source of invaluable... More about Kashmir Shawls: The Tapi Collection
Abu Dhabi: 5 Continents Editions, 2010. Massive TDIC, Abu Dhabi exhibition catalog. Fully illustrated in color including 155 color plates of Central Asian textiles, 86 are of North African and 9 of Kohistan/Swat Valley. English/Arabic text. The binding is weak on all published copies due to manufacturer's defect. More about A Story of Islamic Embroidery in Nomadic and Urban Traditions
Middletown, NJ: Mapin, 1989. 71 color plates 25 black and white illustrations. More about Handwoven Fabrics of India
New York: Mapin, 1985. 136 color plates 18 black and white 1 map. More about Living Traditions of India: Crafts of Gujarat
Paris: Librairie des arts décoratifs (A. Calavas), [ca. 1920]. 48 plates (collotypes, 6 of them hand colored). Plates show the material culture of India. 10 black and white and one color plate of Indian textiles. More about Décoration hindoue: quarante-huit planches accompagnées d'une préface et d'une table descriptive
Los Angeles: University of California At Los Angeles, 1979. 5 color plates 125 black and white. GWO 2503. UCLA Museum of Cultural History exhibition of Indian textiles. More about Dowries from Kutch, A Women's Folk Art Tradition in India
Beijing: The Forbidden City Publishing House, 2010. 350 color plates. During the Qing dynasty, the last under imperial rule, many aspects of Chinese social development reached a political, economic and cultural peak. The effects of such can be seen in the elaborately detailed costumes and robes worn in China during... More about Classics of the Forbidden City: Illustrated Dictionary of Qing Dynasty Court Costumes
Ahmedabad: Calico Museum of Textiles, 1976. 14 black and white figures. A study of reverse dyed cloth from the Chaudhari tribe of Surat, India. "This paper has been printed in German version in Tribus, no. 19, November 1970 (pg. 47-69). The text has been revised and then translated into English by Miss Renee Doring ..." More about Simple Weft-Ikat from South Gujarat, India: The production of loincloths for the Chodhri tribe by...
Varanasi: Indological Book House, 1982. Tipped-in plates. Handsomely bound in half-leather this volume is a reprint of the original 1866 edition. John Forbes Watson, reporter for the Products of India at the India Office, London included explanatory text and illustrations of how the fabrics were worn as clothing in India... More about The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of The People of India
London: Spink and Son Ltd, 1990. Dealer sales catalog of 100 fine European, Indian and Islamic costume and textiles illustrated in color. More about Costume and Textiles at Spink
London: Francesca Galloway, 1998. 31 color plates. Dealer exhibition of sales catalog. 11 color plates on ancient Silk Road and other antique textiles. More about Indian Miniatures Asian Textiles
Ahmedabad: Calico Museum of Textiles, 1993. 312 color plates 66 black and white 68 patterns. Calico Museum of Textiles. More about Indian Costumes in the Collection of the Calico Museum of Textiles: 18th to mid 20th century...
Baroda: Gujarat State Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd., 1991. 128 color examples. Wholesaler's catalog of textiles, metal work, bead work, wood work, metal work, shawls and quilts, furniture and ceramics. More about Gurjari Creations
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors Club, 2016. 200 color plates. "India has been at the heart of the global trade in textiles since ancient times, and cotton has been at the heart of the Subcontinent's economy for millennia. Indian dyed and painted cottons were admired in and traded to the Far East... More about Indian Cotton Textiles: Seven Centuries of Chintz From the Karun Thakar Collection
Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1979. A collection of essays on Greek and Latin, Byzantine, Old Iranian, Middle Iranian, Old Indian, Aramaic, Syrian, Arabic, Chinese, Tibetan, Numismatic, and Archaeological sources. Text in English, French, and German. More about Prolegomena to the Sources on the History of Pre-Islamic Central Asia
Delhi: Indira Gahdhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, 2007. 90 color plates. The 3rd book in the series of Intangible Cultural Heritage of India, tries to unfold the rich cultural heritage of the Boro-Kachari Tribe of Northeast India. The tribal communities of Northeast India are very colourful and vibrant with their unique... More about Textile Designs of the Boros of Northeast India
London: W. Griggs and Sons, 1909. 14 collotype plates (5 in color). The silk industries of India and the personal history of Sir Thomas Wardle / by Colonel T.H. Hendley - Memoir of the late Sir Thomas Wardle and the formation of the Silk Association of Great Britain and Ireland... More about The journal of Indian art and industry. Vol. XIII, no. 108.: The silk industries of India and the...
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1951. 28 black and white. Victoria and Albert Museum publication. More about Indian Embroidery
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1956. 9 color plates 101 black and white. GWO 2530. Museum of Modern Art exhibition of Indian textiles. More about Textiles and Ornaments of India: A Selection of Designs
London: Christie's, 1999. 140 color plates 50 black and white. "For centuries, the ruling dynasties of India promoted the skills of spinners, weavers, dyers, printers and embroiderers, commissioning textiles from renowned centres of excellence across the subcontinent. Delicate muslins from Dacca, fine silk brocades from Varanasi, complex woollen weaves from... More about Costumes and Textiles of Royal India
