Patolas of Pattan

[ad_1] Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web . A two-hour drive and hundred-odd kilometers from Ahmedabad, is a precocious weaving town, Pattan. This north Gujarat town is the house of one of India’s finest hand-woven saris. IAnD finds out what makes these saris special and what lies ahead for this art… Weaving is one of India’s oldest and richest forms of art. G.K. Ghosh and Sukla Ghosh, authors of Ikat Textiles of India, talk about Patola as one of the finest fabrics found in Gujarat. “Uniqueness of the design being it is double ikat i.e. both warp and weft are dyed […]