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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Small gift message in front. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Pakistan’s traditional textiles display an overwhelming diversity of techniques motifs and products. An astute textile collector can attribute the traditional stylistic characteristics to specific regions of origin as well as often identify the particular villages where they were produced. Such a stylistic analysis is not only based on antique examples preserved from these local regions but the same distinct decorative elements still prevail as these regions are often inhabited by people with distinct cultural traits. In the search for a specific stylistic definition it is perhaps more revealing to discuss and distinguish the obvious provincial characteristics of the textiles from Baluchistan Sind the Punjab and the North-West Frontier Province (N.W.F.P.) and from the Azad State of Jammu and Kashmir. However the present day traveller who sets out to explore the textile producing areas of Pakistan soon discovers that the actual story is far more complicated. First of all no abrupt changes in style occur at provincial borders as the provinces were established mainly for administrative purposes and their boundaries sometimes cut across distinct cultural regions. Besides a natural diffusion and intermingling