Textiles of India

Textiles of India by Helmut Neumann and Heidi Neumann is a comprehensive visual study of India’s extraordinary textile traditions — one of the richest, most diverse, and most technically sophisticated in the world. Drawing on their extensive collection assembled over decades of research and travel, the Neumanns present the full range of Indian textile production: silk brocades from Varanasi, block-printed cottons from Rajasthan, ikat weaves from Odisha, embroideries from Gujarat, and the regional variations that make Indian textiles a subject of inexhaustible richness and variety. Published by Prestel with full-colour illustration throughout, this is essential for textile historians, collectors, designers, and anyone fascinated by the intersection of craft, culture, and beauty in the material traditions of South Asia.