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Calico Textile Museum
Location : Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Constructed In: 1949 AD.
Significance: One Of The Finest Textile Museums In The World.
 The
Calico Museum of Textiles, widely regarded as one of the finest
textile museums in the world was constructed in 1949 AD. Located in
the Sarabhai Foundation, in Shahibagh, 3 km north of Delhi Gate, the
museum has the finest collection of not just textiles and clothes
but also furniture, temple artifacts and crafts in the country.
The city of Ahmedabad owes its prosperity to three textiles -
cotton, silk and gold. Housed in one of Gujarat's famous carved
wooden 'havelis', the museum displays a magnificent collection of
rare textiles that date back to the 17th century.
THE MATIC SECTIONS
 The
Museum has no less than five centuries of the finest fabrics spun,
woven, printed and painted in different parts of India. It also has
a collection of marble, sandstone and bronze icons and busts split
in two thematic sections- gallery for religious textiles and
historical textiles. There is also an excellent reference library on
textiles.
AMAZING COLLECTION
Colourful embroidered wall
hangings depicting Krishna legends hang from the second floor right
down to ground level. Cloth decorated with tie-dye, glinting mirror
work, screen prints, block prints and intricate embroidery include
exquisite pieces made for the British and Portuguese and exported to
Bali, while from India's royal households there's an embroidered
tent and the robes of Shah Jahan, along with elaborate carpets and
plump cushions that once furnished Muslim palaces.
THE
FABULOUS PATOLA
 The collection also includes
some of the best examples anywhere of the Patola saris woven in
Patan as well as the extravagant Zari work that gilds saris in heavy
gold stitching and can bring their weight to almost nine kilos.
JAIN SECTION
The Jain section features
statues housed in a replica Haveli Temple, along with centuries-old
manuscripts and 'mandalas' painted on palm leaves; note the
traditional symbols such as the snake and ladder motif representing
rebirth and 'karma'.
STATE
SPECIALTIES
Among exhibits from else where
in India are Kashmiri shawls, Kullu embroidery, glittering silk
brocades from Varanasi, folk art from the Punjab and masks and large
wooden temple cars (processional vehicles) from Tamil Nadu. Tribal
crafts such as Kachchhi silk and cotton 'mashru' weaving are
displayed in spectacular wooden 'havelis' from Patna and Siddhpur in
northern Gujarat. Clearly labelled models and diagrams explain the
weaving, dyeing and embroidery processes.
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