The Kalamkari industry Kalamkari industry of Masulipatam
An edition of The Kalamkari industry Kalamkari industry of Masulipatam (1992)
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By Akurathi Venkateswara Rao
Publish Date
1992 / Revised version being published now and copies of the book will be available from the publisher by end of August,2009 against firm orders to be placed through e-MAIL ID of author:akurathivr@yahoo.com
Publisher
Shuttle-Craft Publications
Language
eng
Pages
190
Description:
On the art of hand painting with vegetable dyes on cotton fabric. The kalamkari industry of Masulipatam was instrumental in helping the Dutch , Frech and the English east India companies to vie with each other in spice trade as chintz cloth of masulipatam served as a ready medium for barter and thus they could thrive as trading companies eventually the EEIC fecilitating the colonisation of India by the British in 1867.
subjects: Textile fabrics, Textile painting, Textile printing
Places: India, Machilipatnam