Tag: India

coast of Coromandel: Sir Joseph Banks and William Roxburgh

coast of Coromandel: Sir Joseph Banks and William Roxburgh

Plants of the coast of Coromandel, 1795-1819; selected from drawings and descriptions presented to the hon. court of directors of the East India Company by William Roxburgh.

 

Kantha: Embroidered Quilts of Bengal

Kantha: Embroidered Quilts of Bengal

There is the quality of life springing from these works, which are created using myriad tiny coloured stitches that play upon a plain ground cloth; which is typically white.