Indian Embroidery

Aryan, Subhashini
1984 Pahari Embroidery, in Arts of Asia, Vol. 14, No. 5 (Sept.-Oct.) Hong Kong.

nd. Himachal Embroidery. Rekha Prakashan, New Delhi.
Both sources for Chamba rumals

Banerji, Adris
1955 Phulkaris: A Folk Art of the Punjab, in Marg, Vol. VIII, no. 3 Bombay.

Bhagvat, D. and Pupul Jayakar
1972 Provincial Embroidery, in Ciba Review 3:13-20.

Bhattacharyya, A.K.
1968 Chamba Rumal. Indian Museum, Calcutta.

Cousin, Francoise
1972 Blouses Brodees du Kutch --Coupe et Decor, in Objets et Mondes, Vol. 12, No. 3. Paris.
In French; information specific to exhibit

Dutta, Devayani Mitra
1985 A Catalogue on Phulkari Textiles in the Collection of The Indian Museum. The Indian Museum, Calcutta.

Elson, Vickie
1979 Dowries from Kutch. UCLA Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles.
Good survey, though not always accurate

Ewles, Rosemary
1983 The Ari, A Chain Stitch Tool from Gujarat, in Embroidery, Vol. 34, No. 2. London.
Information on chain stitch used by Mochis

Frater, Judy
1991 Rabari Embroidery: In the Artisans' Hands, in The India Magazine, September 1991.

1989 In the Language of Folk Embroidery, in El Palacio. Vol. 94, No. 3. N.M.: The Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe.
Theme is the underpinning of the exhibit

1985 The Rabari Lodi: Creating a Fabric Through social Alliance, in The Weaver's Journal, Summer 1985

1975 The Meaning of Folk Art in Rabari Life: A closer Look at Mirrored Embroideries, in The Textile Museum Journal, December 1975.

Ganguli, Kalyan Kumar
1943 Chamba Rumal, in Indian Society of Oriental Art: Journal, Vol. XI, Calcutta.

Gill, Harjeet Singh
1977 A Phulkari from Bhatinda. Patiala.

Goetz, Dr. H
1945-6 An Early Basholi-Chamba Rumal, in Bulletin of Baroda State Museum, Vol. 3, Pt. 1.

Hitkari, S. S.
1980 Phulkari: The Folk Art of Punjab. Phulkari Publications, New Delhi.
Good source on phulkari

1981 Ganesha-Sthapana: The Folk Art of Gujarat. New Delhi
Saurashtra embroideries

Irwin, John
1955 Indian Textile Trade in the 17th c.: Western India, Journal of Indian Textile History No. 1: 5-33.
Good background on commercial work

Irwin, John, and Margaret Hall
1973 Indian Embroideries. Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad.
This is an overview, but a good one; thus in this section

Jain, Jyotindra
1980 Folk Art and Culture of Gujarat. Shreyas Foundation, Ahmedabad.
Ethnographic information specific to this exhibit; excellent source

Jaitly, Jaya
1985 Embroidery, in Jasleen Dhamija, ed. Crafts of Gujarat. Mapin, New York.

Nabholz-Kartaschoff
1986 Golden Sprays and Scarlet Flowers. Museum für Völkerkunde, Basel.
Excellent plates; text is good, though sometimes not accurate

Nanavati, J.M., ed.
1966 The Embroidery and Beadwork of Kutch and Saurashtra. Department of Archaeology, Gujarat State, Baroda.
The original work on Kutch and Saurashtra embroidery

Steel, Flora Annie
1888 Phulkari Work in the Punjab, in Journal of Indian Art Vol. 2, no. 24.
Very good resource

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