a)
TITLE: Peonies and Pagodas Embroidered Parsi Textiles Tapi collection
EDITORS: Shilpa Shah and Tulsi Vatsal
PUBLISHER: Garden Silk Mlls Ltd
PLACE: Surat
YEAR: 2010
BINDING: Hardcover with dust jacket
NO.OF PAGES: 196 including 154 color illustrations and 27 Black and White illustrations
SIZE:
Height: 11.4 in (29 cm)
Width: 8.2 in (21 cm)
Depth: 0.8 in (2.2 cm)
b)
TITLE: The Romance of the Cashmere Shawl
AUTHOR: Monique Levi-Strauss
PUBLISHER: Mapin Publishing Pvt Ltd
PLACE: Ahmedabad
YEAR: 1987
BINDING: Hardcover with dust jacket
NO.OF PAGES:192 (including 7 B/W & 174 colour illustrations
SIZE:
Height: 12.4 in (31.6 cm)
Width: 9.6 in (24.5 cm)
Depth: 0.9 in (2.5 cm)
c)
TITLE: Chamba Rumal
EDITOR: A.K.Bhattacharyya
PUBLISHER: Indian Museum
PLACE: Calcutta
YEAR: 1968
BINDING: Hardcover with dust jacket
NO.OF PAGES: 81 including 16 color plates
SIZE:
Height: 12.7 in (32.5 cm)
Width: 9.8 in (25 cm)
Depth: 0.7 in (2 cm)
d)
TITLE: The Embroidery and Bead Work of Kutch and Saurashtra
AUTHORS: J.M.Nanavaty, M.P.Vora and M.A.Dhaky
EDITOR: J.M.Nanavaty
PUBLISHER: Department of Archeology, Gujarat state India
PLACE: Gujarat
YEAR: 1966
BINDING: Hardcover
NO.OF PAGES:223 (including 98 plates)
SIZE:
Height: 10.4 in (26.6 cm)
Width: 8 in (20.4 cm)
Depth: 1 in (2.7 cm)
e)
TITLE: Woven By Hand. (ISBN: 0600038769)
EDITOR: Ramses Wissa Wassef (Photos by Werner Forman).
PUBLISHER: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1972
BINDING: Hardcover with dust jacket
NO.OF PAGES: 120 including 39 text pages, 79 color illustrations and 14 color plates
SIZE:
Height: 10.8 in (27.6 cm)
Width: 9.4 in (24.1 cm)
Depth: 0.4 in (1.1 cm)
f)
TITLE: Costumes of India and Pakistan
AUTHOR: S.N.Dar
PUBLISHER: DB Taraporevala Sons & Co, Private Limited
PLACE: Bombay
YEAR: 1982
BINDING: Hardcover with dust jacket
NO.OF PAGES: 244 including 4 color plates and 138 black and white illustrations
SIZE:
Height: 11.1 in (28.4 cm)
Width: 8.6 in (22 cm)
Depth: 1.1 in (3 cm)
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