HANDLOOMS OF INDIA (THEORY)

Paper Code: 
GFSD 301 A
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To enable students learn and understand hand crafted textiles of India
  2. To familiarize the students with textiles of various states of India.

 

10.00
Unit I: 

Origin, development and importance                                                                      

  • History, types and Development of loom
  • Iconography: colours, Traditional motifs and their symbolism

 

12.00
Unit II: 

Textile of Northern Region:               

  • Jammu and Kashmir: Various Shawls (Jamawar, Pashmina, Amilkar, Kanikar), Namdas, Gabba
  • Himachal Pradesh: Kullu shawls, Kinnauri shawls
  • Uttar Pradesh: Brocade (Kinkhab, Tanchoi, Abrawan, Gyasar)

 

14.00
Unit III: 

Textile of Eastern Region:                                                                                        

  • Assam: Muga silk, Pattu and Eri silk
  • Manipur: Meitei Inaphi
  • Nagaland: Naga shawls
  • Orissa: Ikkat silk, Kora-pat sarees, Sambalpuri silk
  • Sikkim: Carpet weaving, Blanket weaving, Lepcha Weaving
  • Mizoram: Puan weaving
  • Bihar: Bhagalpur silk, Sujini
  • West Bengal: Jamdani sarees and its types (Daccai, Tangil, Dhaniakhali, Shantipuri, Baluchari silk etc)

 

12.00
Unit IV: 

Textile of Southern Region                                                                                      

  • Karnataka: Mysore silk, Ilkal sarees
  • Andhra Pradesh: Dharmaveram sarees, Venkatgiri sarees, Mangalgiri sarees, Gadhwal sarees, Pitamber, Pochampalli, Kalamkari
  • Tamil Nadu: Kanjiveram saree
  • Kerala: Balaramapuram Sarees

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. Bhatnagar, Parul, Traditional Indian Costumes & Textiles, Abhishek Publications,    Chandigarh, 2006.
  2. Naik, Folk embroidery and traditional handloom weaving, APH Publishing corporation, New Delhi, 1997.
  3. Roshan, Alkazi, Ancient Indian Costume, Art heritage, New Delhi, 1983.
  4. Gillow, John, Traditional Indian Textiles, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London 1993.
  5. Naik., Traditional Embroideries of India, APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi.
  6. Kokyo Hatanka Collection, Textiles Arts of India Chronicle Books, San Francisco.

 

References: 
  1. Kothari. Gulab, Colourful Textiles of Rajasthan, Jaipur Publishing House, Jaipur.
  2. Ghosh, G. K., Ghosh, S., Indian Textiles (Past and Present), APH Publishing corporation, New Delhi, 1995.

 

Academic Year: 
2017-18
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