“We shall deal here with humble things, things not usually granted earnest consideration, or at least not valued for their historical import. But no more in history than in painting is it the ...

Tucked into the inside of every collar or seam is a quiet declaration: ‘Made in India.’ ‘100% Cotton.’ ‘Dry Clean Only.’ These stitched-in scripts graze the skin, but we rarely pause to consider them.

During the Indo-British textile trade, between the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, a few unique textile labels emerged. They were were known as tikats, tikas or chaaps. They were not simple tags ...

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