Author: Patel, Jagdish K.
Title: Gujarat. Handicrafts Survey on Woolen Blanket
Description: Delhi, Controller of Publications, (1989). orig.wrappers. 30 x 21 cm, xii,139 pp, Census of India - 1981,Series 5: Gujarat, Part X - D. 13pp photoplates. slight corner bump,minor rubbing,VG ¶ Contains textual tables,plans,diagrams,photos,drawings,map (including 13 single-side color photoplates showing 31 shawls,blankets,bed sheets,wall pieces, etc. + sketched drawings of patterns). The printer's colophon at bottom of last page reads: "GMGIPN - S2 - 337 R.G. India/ND/88 - 31-7-89 - 300." [ie: published in an edition of 300 copies] An in-depth study of woolen blanket weaving in Chitarwada (Gujarat region); Ratiya (Saurashtra region) & Bhujodi (Kachchh region) detailing history & origin of the craft;craftsmen in their rural setting; oprocess of learning; manufacturing process; marketing; craft & employment.

Keywords: Wool weaving, Weaving craft, West India, Blankets & Shawls, Social statistics, Trades & crafts, Census of India, Sociology, Anthropology, Woolen Blanket