Webinar: "Traded Treasure: Indian Trade Cloth, Influencing and Influenced by World Markets" with Jeevak and Banoo Parpia, Collectors, Ithaca, New York. Saturday, September 9, 10 am Pt / 1 pm Et / 6 pm Bst-London. Textile Museum Associates of Southern California. India is renowned for the textiles it produced for centuries for world markets around the Indian Ocean, from Indonesia to the east coast of Africa and beyond, into the Mediterranean and Europe. Not only did the textiles from the market influence the Indian makers, but the local markets also began to produce textiles resembling the imports from India. Using the Parpia collection as a starting point, Jeevak and Banoo Parpia (with examples drawn from their collection and others) will focus on several designs that exhibit continuity. Later examination of examples worldwide reveals a strong affinity for certain designs. Jeevak Parpia is a Professor of Physics at Cornell University. Banoo Parpia retired from the position of Director of Asian and Middle East Alumni Affairs and Development at Cornell University. Their joint interest in Indian textiles evolved in the mid 1980s, starting with textiles intended for use in India and later extending to Indian traded textiles. They have exhibited examples from their collection at several shows. The most recent and comprehensive exhibition of their collection, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston this summer, includes both textiles for use in India as well as examples traded to the East and West, where they were highly valued. Saturday, September 9, 10 am pt / 1 pm et / 6 pm BST-London. Free Registration: https://tinyurl.com/TMAIndTradeTextRRNewsl