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Indian Textiles: Trade and Production
Trade In the international commerce of the pre-industrial era, spices and textiles were the principal commodities. India in particular was known for the quality of its textiles, and for centuries was involved in a brisk trade with Far and Southeast Asia. European companies worked their way into this commercial nexus in the early sixteenth century. The Portuguese were the first to arrive, having discovered a sea route from Europe to the East that allowed them to avoid the heavy taxes on goods sent overland through the Middle East. The British East India Company received its charter in 1600 and the Dutch East India Company was founded two years later. These agencies bought textiles in India for silver and gold, exchanged them for spices grown in the Malay Islands, and sold the spices in Europe and Asia. Soon Indian textiles were exported directly to Europe, where they became highly fashionable. The popularity of Indian textiles is evidenced in the number of words that have made their way into English: calico, pajama, gingham, dungaree, chintz, and khaki. The luxury textiles coveted for centuries are now collected in museums, where they are often grouped and studied on the basis of their patterns of production.
Indian Textiles: Trade and Production | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of indian textiles: trade and production... carpet with pictorial design, late 16th–early 17th century; mughal pakistan (lahore) wool pile on cotton foundation l. 27 ft. 4 in. (833 cm), w. 9 ft. 6 in. (289.5 cm) gift of j.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/intx/hd_intx.htm [1550 words]
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Renaissance Velvet Textiles | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art renaissance velvet textiles... brocaded velvet, 14th century probably italian brocaded velvet of silk and metal thread 23 x 9 in. (58.4 x 22.9 cm) fletcher fund, 1946 (46.156.72) ... childbirth tray ( desco da parto )
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/velv/hd_velv.htm [2152 words]
Andean Textiles | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art andean textiles... woman's mantle ( lliclla ), colonial period (late 16th–early 17th century) central andean tapestry-woven (weft-patterned) camelid wool l. 45 1/2 in. (115.6 cm), w. 50 1/2 in. (128.3 cm) ex coll.: vitall benguiat rogers fund, 1908 (08.108.10) ...
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/adtx/hd_adtx.htm [389 words]
National Gallery of Art, NGA - Textiles from the Index of American Design tour: textiles from the index of american design overview ¦ start tour 13 14 15 16 17 « previous « back to index of american design selected tours overview a variety of textile textures were produced in america during the eighteenth and nineteeth centuries.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iadtxtl/iadtxtl-main3.html [88 words]
National Gallery of Art, NGA - Textiles from the Index of American Design tour: textiles from the index of american design overview ¦ start tour 7 8 9 10 11 12 » next « previous « back to index of american design selected tours overview a variety of textile textures were produced in america during the eighteenth and nineteeth centuries.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iadtxtl/iadtxtl-main2.html [90 words]
National Gallery of Art, NGA - Textiles from the Index of American Design tour: textiles from the index of american design overview ¦ start tour 1 2 3 4 5 6 » next « back to index of american design selected tours overview a variety of textile textures were produced in america during the eighteenth and nineteeth centuries.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iadtxtl/iadtxtl-main1.html [89 words]
Furnishing fabric - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections case 7 order this image summary more information map download pdf version object type this furnishing fabric has been printed using engraved copper plates. the introduction of copper-plate printing in the 1750s encouraged new possibilities in the development of printed textiles design, allowing a fineness of detail and delicacy of drawing which had not been achieved in earlier woodblock-printed textiles. it also allowed much larger pattern repeats, which made it particularly suitable for bed hangings.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O18093/furnishing-fabric/ [1575 words]