Cloth that Changed the World: The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz

Heavy coffee table book with photographs and written text that you can dig into. Great gift for yourself or someone you know with an interest in textiles, art, travel, history, and the country of India.

I study early Indian textiles. This book is a treasure. Now to find time to go to the exhibit in Toronto.

This book has been shortlisted for the Textile Society of America's R. L. Shep Award for books published in 2020. The Shep Award is given annually to the book judged to be the best publication of the year in the field of ethnic textile studies. "Cloth That Changed the World: The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz" (Yale University Press) showcases the Royal Ontario Museum’s renowned collection of these technically-sophisticated South Asian textiles, which have captured the world’s imagination for centuries. Sarah Fee, ROM’s Senior Curator of Global Fashion and Textiles (Africa and Asia), heads an international team of contributors who explore how these magnificent cloths became a driver of the Indian Ocean trade linking Europe and Asia and thus played a major role in shaping the early modern world. Their influence on international fashion remains as strong today as ever.

Interesting book.