Asian Embroidery

Book Specification Item Code: IDK304 Author: Jasleen Dhamija Publisher: Abhinav Publication Language: English Edition: 2004 ISBN: 9788170174509 Pages: 346 (Illustrated Throughout in Full Color) Cover: Hardcover Other Details 11.0 inch x 9.0 inch Weight 1.76 kg Book Description About the Book Asian Embroidery is the result of an International Seminar held by Crafts Council of India, which was coordinated by the well-known authority on textiles, Jasleen Dhamija. Writers, researchers, professors, who have spent a lifetime researching I different regions of Asia came together to share their knowledge. Besides well-known subjects as Phulkari, Bagh, the Central Asian Suzani, there are the little known embroideries of the Philippines, of Kyrgyzstan, of the Chinese settlers in Indonesia, the beadwork of Sarawak. There is the brilliant work of the symbolic significance of light and shining surfaces and a broad sweep of the creative expressions of different regions. The co