Indian Ikat Textiles by Crill, Rosemary - 1998

London: V & A Publications, 1998. 176 pgs. Over 100 color plates. Looks in depth at textiles woven and dyed in the ikat technique, a style of resist-dying in which threads are patterned before weaving. Book is broken out to include the ikat technique, areas of ikat production in India, India and world ikat. Includes a glossary of terms. Frontispiece: detail of silk ceremonial cloth, double ikat, Gujarat, probably Patan, mid-19th century or earlier. Bound in black cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Front DJ: Nine blouse pieces, mid-19th century. Back DJ: Tying rubber strips around warp threads.. Cloth. As New/As New.