Pakistani Embroidery

Askari, Nasreen and Rosemary Crill
1996 Colours of the Indus: Costumes and Textiles of Pakistan. Merrell Holberton Publishers in association with Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Baloch, N.A., ed.
1966 The Traditional Arts and Crafts of Hyderabad Region. Mehran Arts Council General, Hyderabad.

Bunting, Ethel-Jane
1980 Sindhi Tombs and Textiles. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Good analysis

Duarte, Adrian
1982 The Arts and Crafts of Sind and Baluchistan. Jamshoro, Sind.

Mirza, Anis
1964 Handicrafts of West Pakistan. Karachi: West Pakistan Industrial Development Corp.
General

Nanna, Shireen (nee Mirza)
1975 Embroidery Blocks of the Sind Region of Pakistan and Some Embroideries, in Baessler-Archiv, Neue Folge Band XXIII, Heft 2:399-416. Berlin: Museums für Völkerkunde.
Excellent information

Westphal-Hellbusch, Sigrid
1965 Einige Besonderheiten der Kleidung der Jat im unteren Sind (Indus-Delta) und in Kutsch, Baessler Archiv, Neue Folge, 13.
In German; excellent information

Yaccopino, Feliccia
1977 Threadlines Pakistan. Karachi: Elite Publishers.
The best overall source on Pakistani textiles

Compiled for the exhibition In The Language Of Stitches by Judy Frater