This Exhibition of Indian Textiles Looks Stunning
In DepthThe fall, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London is hosting an exhibition featuring centuries worth of textiles from India. Judging by the preview pictures available, it’s going to be gorgeous.
The exhibit aims to be a history of techniques, cultural significance and international trade combined. It encompasses third-century pieces and modern-day designer clothing alike, including—according to The Guardian—a stunning tent from the mid-1700s that’s as as elaborate as it is enormous. Hijacked by the British during their conquest of the subcontinent, of course. (Nor is it precisely a coincidence that so much Indian fabric ended up in the United Kingdom.)