The edge of a fabric that does not require additional finishing work and prevents the textile from fraying and unravelling. It is typically made parallel to the warp by looping weft threads at the end of each row. It is a variation of the English words “self edge.”
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A thin, flattened metallic wire that is used as yarn for sewing or embroidering decorative fabrics. The term also refers…
A decorative embroidery technique in which the stitch consists of consecutive, interconnected loops that resemble the links of a chain.…
Derived from the Hindi and Urdu word for “outline,” it is a step in some Indian block-printing processes, in which…
A technique associated with the Patna School, where paintings are rendered directly by paintbrush on the surface, without using pencilled…
Meaning “shirt” or “clothing,” it is a traditional textile made in reverse-applique technique by women of the Guna community of…
A cavalry technique wherein the horse-rider would retreat while the archer turns back and shoots at the enemy. It was…
A process of producing multicoloured prints using the offset technique. The inked image is printed on a rubber cylinder, then…
The technique of imprinting human hands on rock surfaces, found in Prehistoric cave paintings. The process involves placing one hand,…