ARTS & CRAFTS OF INDIA & CEYLON marked here that what is commonly called ''gold lace" in India, is woven stuff with gold thread. The manufacture of true lace in India is of quite modern introduction, and rarely proceeds further than the copying of European designs in inferior materials. … Wood blocks for chikan embroidery, Lucknow, 20th century. A brief reference must be made to floor coverings other than woollen carpets, which are referred to in Part II. The familiar cotton dart is the true indi- genous carpet, much cooler to the bare foot than any wool-pile rug couldbe. The…
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