PUTTING IDEAS FIRST
Love's Labour's Lost?
The Commoditisation of Dowry Embroidery in Western India
Talk By Dr. Eiluned Edwards
Date: Monday, 5th January 2009
Time: 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Venue: India International Centre (Main)
Conference Room II
40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi
Edwards, Eiluned is Victoria and Albert Museum/London College of Fashion Joint Senior Research Fellow in Textiles and Dress. She has been researching the traditions of textiles and dress in India since 1991 and has worked extensively with the farming and herding communities of the Kachchh district, in Gujarat, documenting styles of dress and embroidery. She has also worked with artisans in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh and is presently working on a book on the traditions of textiles and dress in Gujarat.
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