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Journal of Asian Studies (2013) 72 (2): 391–416.
Published: 01 May 2013
...Abigail McGowan Abstract One promising traditional industry slated for revival in late colonial India was carpet weaving. Characterized by low technology, high product value, and strong demand, carpets appealed for obvious economic reasons, while simultaneously evoking India's luxurious artisanal...
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in Convict Carpets: Jails and the Revival of Historic Carpet Design in Colonial India
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 May 2013
Figure 1. Carpet loom at the American Marathi Mission factory, Ahmednagar (Hazen 1913 , between pages 84 and 85).
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in Convict Carpets: Jails and the Revival of Historic Carpet Design in Colonial India
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 May 2013
Figure 7. Carpet weavers at the Reay Workshops, JJ School, early twentieth century (Solomon 1924 , opp. p. 103).
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![A copy of a Bijapur pile <span class="search-highlight">carpet</span>, made at Yeraoda Jail, Poona (Twigg [1907] ...](https://dup.silverchair-cdn.com/dup/Content_public/Journal/journal-of-asian-studies/72/2/10.1017_S0021911813000028/3/s_s0021911813000028_fig8.gif?Expires=2147483647&Signature=IFwKHq--mR8dnJiygdvQv-2of3fay8wrh-JCKr1i6~D2c2J2ZI6Ogbdu5pEzhwld6NcV9cQ7XwBzBGefCYTEZw9VaqP1o0r1FUn65QWeQEDcPGQzHWWGgl3zezslTkpVtMPhSwQgwAw9EIF58t4RzOOWIgzlNf1NNDoKMT-m3TNsUzjuBWwJvPiIw9EIvZYNTtycFNzjLqsbedFsSLVhxoDe-2OklGVafr6eP4v1ia8n3y6gfQVFxxYVpSP00pZgbFakZ-a48L9ieFQ9aPJSswZusNZF8Sa0QP~8HbRooc0TH-TNupjlu6hfYXupO6wd90t9E-61~6GMpqcJPq2Jrw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA)
in Convict Carpets: Jails and the Revival of Historic Carpet Design in Colonial India
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 May 2013
Figure 8. A copy of a Bijapur pile carpet, made at Yeraoda Jail, Poona (Twigg [1907] 1976 , Plate XLI).
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in Convict Carpets: Jails and the Revival of Historic Carpet Design in Colonial India
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 May 2013
Figure 9. Woolen pile carpet woven at the Thana Jail, copied from a design developed at the Yeraoda Central Jail, Poona (Twigg [1907] 1976 , Plate XXXIX).
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in Convict Carpets: Jails and the Revival of Historic Carpet Design in Colonial India
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 May 2013
Figure 5. Plate from Thomas Holbein Hendley's 1905 book Asian Carpets (Andrews 1906 ).
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in Convict Carpets: Jails and the Revival of Historic Carpet Design in Colonial India
> Journal of Asian Studies
Published: 01 May 2013
Figure 6. Plate from Thomas Holbein Hendley's 1905 book Asian Carpets (Andrews 1906 ).
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Journal of Asian Studies (2007) 66 (4): 963–991.
Published: 01 November 2007
... was the switch that many north Indian craftsmen, such as carpet makers, needed to make from serving local patrons to selling at export markets or catering to large commercial houses. At the same time, the mass-market production of goods that were earlier produced for a more select clientele often led to a fall...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1951) 11 (1): 51–66.
Published: 01 November 1951
... Qyzil in Chinese Turkestan. See the color-plate at the end of
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, Altbuddhistische Kultstätten in Chinesisch-Turkistan , Berlin , 1912 . At the four sides of the ceiling four double-headed birds seize eight serpents (a typical carpet design); in the center is a blank space...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1958) 17 (3): 383–402.
Published: 01 May 1958
... B Annual Summary Report by Cultivator Area (guntas) Seed (payali) Yield Landlord's (payali) share (payali) Fodder (straw) yield (sheaves) Landlord's share of fodder (sheaves) 134 2 77 38 1000 400 7 .1 9.5 5 5 .75 9.5 4 8 carpets-full 4 .1 5 2.5 359 23 532 Rabi Crop Jowar...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2013) 72 (2): 229–232.
Published: 01 May 2013
...–1954” is a sophisticated effort to show how historical events and myths have come to shape Cambodians' attitudes toward their neighbors in Vietnam. McGowan's “Convict Carpets: Jails and the Revival of Historic Carpet Design in Colonial India” skillfully moves between aesthetic, economic, and cultural...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (1): 275–277.
Published: 01 February 2001
... celebrate victims of imperialism, but also of some of the region's other traditional industries, namely gold thread, brassware, leather, and carpets. The resulting picture is rich and enlightening, for the decline of certain products, places, and forms of production occurred simultaneously...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1966) 25 (5): 67–69.
Published: 01 September 1966
... 47 (Mar. 4, 1965), 409-411. On SAUL, SIDNEY. Laying out the carpet. FEER 48 the 1965 Budget. (Apr. 8, 1965), 99-101. illus. Carpet industry DWYER, D. J. Size as a factor in economic in Hongkong. growth: some reflections on the case of Hong . A question of origin. FEER 48 (Apr. 29, Kong. Tijdscbrift...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2010) 69 (1): 296–298.
Published: 01 February 2010
..., a hitherto unidentified progenitor of carpet weaving in Ladakh, and traces Paljor's role in the development of this craft in Ladakh. While both of these essays make valuable contributions in their own right, they cannot be said to speak generally to the subtopic of “Historical Trends.” Finally...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2008) 67 (1): 295–296.
Published: 01 February 2008
... nomads: their tents, clothing, means of survival, products (cloth, carpets, livestock, and animal products), foods, and methods of preservation. A nice feature of the presentation is the “case stories,” in which, to illustrate his general assertions, Ferdinand reports on particular groups and situations...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2008) 67 (1): 303–305.
Published: 01 February 2008
... Gulácsi, Manichaean Art in Berlin Collections [Turnhout: Brepols, 2001]), pile carpets, felt rugs, and garments are depicted on manuscripts, pictorial rolls, and wall paintings (see Jorinde Ebert, “ Segmentun and Clavus in Manichaean Garments of the Turfan Oasis,” in Turfan Revisited , ed. M. Yaldiz...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2020) 79 (1): 266–268.
Published: 01 February 2020
..., the Chinese leadership maintained ties with both sides of the Thai political division. While China rolled out the red carpet to welcome Thai royalty and military strongmen, it also allowed Thaksin to come and go, even using China's territory as a launchpad against his enemies at home. The weakness...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2022) 81 (2): 437–438.
Published: 01 May 2022
...), Vandy Rattana's photos and Leang Seckon's multimedia works (second chapter). Importantly, Ly integrates the American bombardments of Cambodia (1969–73) into this picture of violence and suffering. The crimes of the Democratic Kampuchea regime have long overshadowed the US carpet-bombing of Cambodia...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2015) 74 (4): 1044–1045.
Published: 01 November 2015
... the war, Harden's largest thought concerns the Americans' carpet- and fire-bombing of the Korean peninsula's northern half. We Americans too little recall how merciless that bombing was. On Korea, “the Americans dropped more than thirty-two thousand tons of napalm. . . , about double the amount that fell...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2018) 77 (3): 835–837.
Published: 01 August 2018
... have traditionally attempted to understand religion, such modern phenomena are often brushed under the carpet or touted as oddities. Thankfully, the scholars included in the edited volume Religion and Modernity in the Himalaya have begun the arduous task of filling the lacuna of research on religion...
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