Dyeing and handwork
Connecting techniques to production centres, makers and uses.
SOVEREIGN COUNTRYRESEARCH QUEUE
India
Research will begin with regional difference, separating cotton, silk, dyeing, embroidery, court and everyday dress from global exchange and colonial power.
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CLASSIFICATION NOTE
The archive will record state, community, period and use rather than collapsing everything into ‘Indian dress’.
Regional dress
Using linguistic, religious and trading regions alongside modern borders.
Global influence
Tracing routes by which exported textiles entered clothing and design elsewhere.
MUSEUM & CULTURAL SOURCES
V&A — Indian textiles (opens in a new tab)