Presentation on India inspired SE Asian hand-woven textile

Dr. Linda S. McIntosh, consulting curator of the Tilleke & Gibbins Textile Collection and Life time member of the Thai Textile Society will give a presentation on various hand-woven textiles produced in Mainland Southeast Asia that were inspired by Indian trade textiles.

The patola was the most influential trade textile in the mainland, and it was reproduced in weft ikat rather than double ikat technique by weavers in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.

The brocades from Varanasi (Banares) were also replicated by weavers in these countries, and the locally woven versions were used in clothing styles of the courts. No surviving examples of patola have been found in Mainland Southeast Asia, but some brocades, especially those worn as drama costume, have survived. The presentation will be illustrated with examples from the Tilleke & Gibbins Textile Collection.

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NABARD gives Rs 100mn for revival of AP handloom sector

Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Bank (APCOB) has received a sum of Rs. 100 million from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for revitalizing the state handloom industry.

The sum would be utilized for recapitalization of the Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society (APCO).

The move is in pursuance of an agreement inked by NABARD with the Andhra Pradesh Government and the Union Government for revival of the troubled handloom industry in the state.

Next to agriculture, handloom sector is the second largest employer in the state, employing over 300,000 weavers, and is currently facing financial crisis.

According to NABARD, Andhra Pradesh is the first Indian state to have inked an agreement under the Union Government's Weaver Package.

The assistance extended to the handloom sector by the Centre is in addition to the package announced by the state government for weavers some time back.

As informed by NABARD Executive Director Mr. SK Mitra, the package includes provisions for margin money and interest subsidy for weavers and also provides credit guarantee for banks. According to Mr. Mitra the package is in interest of all stakeholders.

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