Indian silk

Invaders, enslavers, traders and tourists affected trends in motifs, techniques and materials, bringing in European beads and Indian silk thread and creating markets for textiles with colonial inscriptions such as “Vive la France.”

He said his study of Indian silk, which is mostly used domestically, was not representative of global production.

The town had already suffered a heavy blow when cheaper Chinese and Indian silk flooded the market in the 1990s.

The shirt is made of Indian silk with gold embellishments.

He walked among the racks, pausing to examine a dress made from lavish, multicolored Indian silk.