"这本插图精美的书讲述了1000多年来全球对印度印花棉布的渴望，以及它最近在现代时装和家居设计的复兴，这些故事引人入胜，涉及多种学科。

本书基于皇家安大略博物馆收藏的几批**的印度印花棉布，展示了印度印花棉布制造商的天才以及他们为专业市场创造的各种令人眼花缭乱的作品：印度的宗教和法院横幅，欧洲和泰国的精英住宅的巨大镀金壁挂，英国的奢华女装，用于印度尼西亚的祖先仪式的神圣吊饰，以及今天在孟买的Lakme时装周举行的时装秀。

The story of India's exuberantly colored textiles that made their mark on design, technology, and trade around the world Chintz, a type of multicolored printed or painted cotton cloth, originated in India yet exerted influence far beyond its home shores: it became a driving force of the spice trade in the East Indies, and it attracted European merchants, who by the 17th century were importing millions of pieces. In the 18th century, Indian chintz became so coveted globally that Europeans attempted to imitate its uniquely vibrant dyes and design-a quest that eventually sparked the mechanical and business innovations that ushered in the Industrial Revolution, with its far-reaching societal impacts. This beautifully illustrated book tells the fascinating and multidisciplinary stories of the widespread desire for Indian chintz over 1,000 years to its latest resurgence in modern fashion and home design.

Based on the renowned Indian chintz collections held at the Royal Ontario Museum, the book showcases the genius of Indian chintz makers and the dazzling variety of works they have created for specialized markets: religious and court banners for India, monumental gilded wall hangings for elite homes in Europe and Thailand, luxury women's dress for England, sacred hangings for ancestral ceremonies in Indonesia, and today's runways of Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai.

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