Glossary

silk and satin brocade fabrics with woven motifs produced mainly in Varanasi-Benares, the oldest city in India.

Capital of West Bengala.

it is a city in northern India which at the same time serves as the capital of two states, Punjab and Haryana, but is administratively independent of it, reporting directly to the central government, having the status of territory. the Utopian City of Le Corbusier in India.

the spinning wheel.

is a state of Central India.

Indian city large industrial textile district.

the term by which the gauge of the cotton thread is measured.

embroidery with wool threads practiced in Kashmir.

embroidery with wool threads practiced in Kashmir.

Way of creating a play of transparencies by cutting and  stitching two fabrics of different weight. Practiced in Uttar Pradesh. State in North West India.