BLOCK PRINTING & DYEING OF BAGRU, RAJASTHAN

by B.C. Mohanty and Jagadish Prasad Mohanty

(Second, revised edition), 2004.

Contents: Introduction, Historical Notes, Technology: 1. Preparation

of emulsions, resists, dye liquor, dye vats etc. 2. Preoperational techniques, sequences and varieties of printing, 3. Tools and fixtures, Preparatory and operational techniques, Figures of motifs,

contemporary samples of motifs.

This book in the Series " Studies in Contemporary Textile Crafts of India" focuses on the small village of Bagru in Rajasthan, where hand-block printing and dyeing with natural dyes have survived.

Hard bound cover, with 33 colour plates, 29 black & white plates,

79 line drawings and 138 actual cloth samples.

Size: 22 x 29 cm.

ISBN: 81-86980-13-X

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