Embroidered Histories

Indian Textiles for the Portuguese Market during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

By (author) Barbara Karl

Book cover: Embroidered Histories

Extent: 316 pages

Publisher: Böhlau Verlag Wien

Subjects: Art & Art History, Clothing & Textiles

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(March 2016)

ISBN: 9783205202097

6.69 x 9.45 inches

Price: $107.00

In stock

In the late 16th and the first half of the 17th century, private Portuguese merchants gained a foothold in India and gained direct access to local markets and textile production centers. By integrating European templates, they adapted part of Bengal and Gujarat’s textile production, creating new, near-standard and high-quality, high-end luxury products for the European market, which is covered by this study.

  • By (author) Barbara Karl