ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Masters of the Cloth - an exhibition by TAPI and the National Museum, New Delhi, India</TITLE> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META CONTENT="TAPI, collection, Indian, Trade, Textiles, November, 2005, event, Delhi" NAME="Keywords"> <META CONTENT="Back Home From Distant Shores - An exihibition of Indian Trade Textiles in November 2005" NAME="Description"> <META CONTENT="INDEX,FOLLOW" NAME="ROBOTS"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"> <META NAME="ProgId" CONTENT="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <LINK HREF="style.css" REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css"> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2"> <!-- Begin var l1 = 0; // left of ticker in pixel, or 0 to position relative var t1 = 0; // top of ticker in pixel, or 0 to position relative var w1 = 300; // width of ticker in pixel var ie = document.all ? true : false; var first = true; var l2 = l1 + w1; var l3 = l1 - l2; var l = l2; function tickinit() { if (ie) { if (l1 == 0 && t1 == 0) { pos = document.all['tickpos']; l1 = getLeft(pos); t1 = getTop(pos); } ticktext.style.posTop = t1; } else { if (l1 == 0 && t1 == 0) { pos = document.anchors['tickpos']; l1 = pos.x; t1 = pos.y; } document.ticktext.pageY = t1; } l2 = l1 + w1; l3 = l1 - l2; l = l2; setInterval('tick()', 10); } function getLeft(ll) { if (ll.offsetParent) return (ll.offsetLeft + getLeft(ll.offsetParent)); else return (ll.offsetLeft); } function getTop(ll) { if (ll.offsetParent) return (ll.offsetTop + getTop(ll.offsetParent)); else return (ll.offsetTop); } function tick() { l = l - 0.5; if (l < l3) l = l2; cl = l1 - l; cr = l2 - l; if (ie) { ticktext.style.posLeft = l; ticktext.style.posTop = t1; ticktext.style.clip = "rect(auto "+cr+"px auto "+cl+"px)"; if (first) ticktext.style.visibility = "visible"; } else { document.ticktext.pageX = l; document.ticktext.clip.left = cl; document.ticktext.clip.right = cr; if (first) document.ticktext.visibility = "show"; } first = false; } // End --> </script> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#333366" BACKGROUND="images/bg2.gif" LEFTMARGIN="0" TOPMARGIN="0" ONLOAD="tickinit()"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="22" WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="center" BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="100%"> <TABLE WIDTH="80%" HEIGHT="424" BORDER="4" ALIGN="center" CELLPADDING="4" CELLSPACING="0" BORDERCOLOR="#cba67a" BGCOLOR="#fef7e7"> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="408"> <DIV ALIGN="center"> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ALIGN="center" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="26%" ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="images/shores_title.jpg" WIDTH="186" HEIGHT="120" ALIGN="top"></TD> <TD WIDTH="6%" HEIGHT="70">&nbsp;</TD> <TD WIDTH="65%">&nbsp;</TD> <TD WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="40" HEIGHT="50"></TD> <TD> <DIV ALIGN="left"> <A HREF="main.htm">Home</A><!-- | <A HREF="http://www.tapicollection.com/index.htm">Visitor Information</A> | <A HREF="http://www.tapicollection.com/index.htm">Events &amp; Programs</A>--> | <A HREF="explore.htm">Explore the Collection </A>| <A HREF="phgallery.htm">Photo Gallery</A> | <A HREF="contactus.htm">Contact us</A> </DIV> </TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD> <TD><A NAME="tickpos"></A> <!--<DIV ID="ticktext" STYLE="position:absolute;font-family:tahoma;font-size:9pt;visibility:hidden;"> <NOBR>Exhibition on Krishna Pichhwais Opens in December 2007.</NOBR> </DIV>--> <BR> <BR> </TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="105"> <DIV ALIGN="center"> <P><IMG SRC="images/tapicover2.gif" WIDTH="160" HEIGHT="210" HSPACE="13" ALIGN="top"></P> </DIV> </TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD> <TD VALIGN="top"> <P CLASS="bdy"><STRONG> MASTERS OF THE CLOTH </STRONG><STRONG>Indian Textiles Traded to Distant Shores<BR> TAPI Collection</STRONG></P> <P>Held at the National Museum, New Delhi <STRONG>November 11, 2005 to January 15, 2006.</STRONG></P> <P>The exhibition was a collaborative effort of the TAPI Collection, Surat, and India's premier official museum, the <A HREF="http://www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in" TARGET="_blank"><U>National Museum</U></A>, New Delhi, India.</P> <P> Masters of the Cloth&  presents examples of Indian textiles that went by way of trade to the islands of Indonesia, to Thailand and Sri Lanka in the east, and to Persia, Egypt, Nigeria, Portugal, Netherlands, Britain, France in the West. Included is a solitary example of a stamped <EM>chintz</EM> that reached the US. These textiles, and the supporting lithographic material, reconstruct the tales of their journeys to lands where they played multifarious roles  social, ceremonial, ritualistic, decorative or simply utilitarian. As these cloths were destined for export rather than local use, such examples were not earlier available for study in the Indian Textile collections.</P> <P>The exhibition provided a unique opportunity for researchers, students, textile lovers, crafts-persons from India and abroad, to get together, and witness the diversity and antiquity of textiles made in India for foreign markets.</P> </TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="135">&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD> <TD> <P CLASS="bdy"><BR> These  Trade Textiles' bring home to the Indian viewers, for the first time, a fascinating but forgotten past of India's textile craft. They reflect the ability through the ages, of our humble textile craftsman, to respond to the needs of distant markets. The exhibition presents rare examples of Indian Trade Cloths that survived on distant shores.</P> <P>Our satellite events calendar included a symposium with eminent scholars on the panel. Included are live demonstrations of textile techniques, a <EM>kalamkari</EM> and block-printing workshop, lectures, film shows, and art competitions.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD> <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="30">&nbsp;</TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD> <TD> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN CLASS="bdy"><A HREF="../../default.htm">&lt;&lt; Back to the TAPI Collection</A></SPAN></P> </TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </DIV> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD CLASS="smbdy" STYLE="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top;"> <DIV ALIGN="center"> <P><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">var sc_project=817285; var sc_partition=4; var sc_security="fb3d2b94";</script><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><noscript> <IMG SRC="http://c5.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=817285&amp;java=0&amp;security=fb3d2b94" ALT="free tracking" BORDER="0"></noscript><BR> <FONT COLOR="#666666"></FONT> <P><FONT COLOR="#666666">© 2005-19</FONT> <A HREF="../../default.htm">TAPI Collection Surat</A></P> </DIV> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>