LDR 01650nam a22002177a 4500 005 20131126111043.0 020 _a9780500018637 040 _cIFS 041 _aeng 100 _aGuy, John _d1949- 245 _aWoven cargoes _bIndian textiles in the East _cJohn Guy 260 _aNew York _bThames and Hudson _c1998 300 _a192 p. _bill. (some col.), map _c32 cm 504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and index. 520 _aThe dazzling cloths presented in this book are the visual record of one of the great untold stories of Asian design history: the trade in Indian textiles to Southeast and East Asia. Outstanding among them are the patterned cottons - the famous chintzes - and the tie-dyed silk patola, reserved for rulers and the nobility. John Guy examines the history of the cloth-for-spices trade, describes the techniques of textile production, and then looks in detail at the place of imported cloths in the Malay world, Indonesia, Thailand and Japan. The historical focus is on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when the trade was at its peak. 650 _aScience -- Technology -- Textiles -- India _zIndia _xHistory _y17th century 650 _aScience -- Technology -- Textiles -- Production and Export -- India _zIndia _xHistory _y18th century. 942 _2ddc 980 _aJohn Guy is Deputy Curator of the Indian and South-East Asian Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and was formerly Curator of the Indian Department at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. 952 _r2013-11-26 _40 _00 _621860113 _9215631 _10 _o2186/0113 _d2013-11-26 _z347350 _70 _c1 _yBOOK _aIFS 999 _c347350 _d347350