Traditional Indian Handcrafted Textiles- History, Techniques, Processes, Designs (Set of 2 Volumes)

This book puts forth various traditional hand-painted, printed, and resist-dyed textiles from different regions of India. It focuses on examining the history of textile traditions, their characteristic features, and analyses the techniques of painting, printing and resist dyeing; it includes documenting and understanding processes, colours, materials, and motifs with their symbolism. Photographs have been provided to help the readers identify the textiles.

Anjali Karolia (PhD) is the Dean, Faculty of Family and Community Sciences, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. She has been the former Head, Department of Clothing and Textiles (2009-17) and a founder member in setting up the Institute of Fashion Technology at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

I am very pleased to write the Foreword for this twin volume, Traditional Indian Handcrafted Textiles: History, Techniques, Processes, Designs (Volumes 1 and 2), written by Prof. Anjali Karolia. As I congratulate her for the publication of these volumes, I feel a great sense of pride and contentment on this occasion.

**Contents and Sample Pages**