An excerpt from ‘When Indian Flowers Bloomed In Europe: Masterworks of Indian Trade Textiles, 1600-1780, In the TAPI Collection,’ by Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis.
A new book tells the story of how Indian handcrafted textiles, including dye-painted chintzes and embroidered palampores, made their way to Europe and inspired European textile manufacturing.Published by Niyogi Books, When Indian Flowers Bloomed in Europe is an in-depth study of 30 unique textile items from the 17th and 18th centuries in the TAPI Collection as well as similar pieces in museums around the world.