• woven stripe • How great & varied be the capabilities of India to minister to the wants of the Western World. These pieces, like the vast majority of textiles made and sold in India. The same rectangular length of cloth could serve as a shawl, bedcover, turban, lungi, canopy, cradle, facecloth, container to carry one's belongings- in short anything that it could be required to do. These types of fabrics were versatile -just like staple elements of india. Showcasing this very much admired length of striped silk Thanjavur, c.1885. Silk with metal strips. Technique of weaving used is mashru. . . . . Available