The Fabric of India – V&A London, Showcases Indian Textiles
The Fabric of India an exhibition now showing at the V&A Museum explores the multifaceted world of Textiles integral to the Indian identity from 16-19 centuries
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Susie Loudon & Joan Bowers – Art of Fine Living Sydney Style
Both Susie Loudon of The Bay Tree in Queen Street Woollahra and Joan Bowers in her gallery at Mary Place in Paddington, offer clients quality goods and service
Provence: Country Style Pt 3 – Tres Chic, Indiennes
Among the cargoes brought into Marseilles in Provence during the mid seventeenth century were desirable cotton prints from India, which captured the imagination
Costume & Style – Fashion Reflects Culture and Growth Pt 2
The Cavalier, dashingly dressed, gained the confidence to make his mark upon the world. By the turn of the 18th century a change in social customs defined style
World Textile Trade 1500 -1800 – Pre-Industrial Revolution
Textiles as a commodity and cultural conflict are both a consequence and a casualty of the effects caused by expansion of European colonial empires 1500 to 1800