JAMILA BRIJBHUSHAN Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Public.Resource.Org https://archive.org/details/indianembroideryOObrij Indian Embroidery Indian Embroidery Jamila Brijbhushan PUBLICATIONS DIVISION MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING GOVERNMENT OF INDIA First Edition : 1990 (Asadha 1912) Reprint Edition : 2006 (Saka 1928) © Publications Division ISBN : 81-230-1369-8 A&C-ENG-REP-040-2006-07 Price : Rs. 75.00 Published by : Director, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003 Website : http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in / Editing : Nitima Shiv Charan Cover Design: Alka Nayyar Typeset at: Bright Computer Academy Printed at: Aravali Printers & Publishers (P) Ltd. New Delhi-20 Sales Centres : • Delhi • Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003. • Hall No. 196, Old Secretariat, Delhi-110054. Mumbai • 701, B- Wing, 7th Floor, Kendriya Sadan, Belapur, Navi Mumbai-400614 • Kolkata • 8, Esplanade East, Kolkata-700069 • Chennai • ‘A’ Wing, Rajaji Bhavan, Besant Nagar, Chennai-600090 • Thiruvananthapuram • Press Road, Near Govt. Press, Thiruvananthapuram-695001 • Hyderabad • Block 4, 1st floor, Gruhakalpa Complex, M.G. Road, Nampally, Hyderabad-500001 • Bangalore • 1st Floor, ‘F’ Wing, Kendriya Sadan, Koramangala, Bangalore-560034 • Patna • BiharState Co-operative Bank Building, Ashoka Rajpath, Patna-800004 • Lucknow • Hall No. 1, 2nd floor, Kendriya Bhawan, Sector 8, Aliganj, Lucknow-226024 • Ahmedabad • Ambica Complex, 1st floor, Paldi, Ahmedabad-380007 • Guwahati - House No. 07, New Colony, Cheni Kuthi, K.K.B, Road, Guwahati 780003 CONTENTS Pages I The Art of Embroidery 1 II Regional styles 1 Sind and Gujarat 19 2 Kashmir 28 3 Punjab and Haryana 31 4 Himachal Pradesh 36 5 Bengal 40 6 Bihar 43 7 Uttar Pradesh 45 8 Karnataka 47 9 Tribal Areas 49 10 Rajasthan 51 11 Orissa and Tamil Nadu 54 III Gold and Silver Embroidery 56 Bibliography 61 - ' ■