Pashmina - Tapa dura

Pahmina, synonymous with the famous Kasmir shawls, their weaving techniques and a look at the intricate designs...important collections in museums.

Anamika Pathak is a Deputy Curator (Decorative Arts and Textiles) in the National Museum, New Delhi, where she has worked for over two decades, gaining expertise in museology, decorative arts and textiles, and archaeology. A student of Ancient Indian History and Buddhist Studies, she participates actively in seminars, lectures and talks and has put up several exhibitions abroad. Keenly interested in research, her work has been published in several national and international research journals on textiles, arts and museology. More than two-dozen research papers have been published in Marg, Arts of Asia, National Museum Bulletin, National Museum Institute Bulletin and Pruratana. She has also contributed towards catalogues for Alamakar, Singapore: 1994; Jewels from India, Milan: 1996; Arts of Sikh Kingdom, London: 1999 and Islamic Arts of India, Malaysia: 2002. She has also done a research project with the Nehru Trust and the Victoria and Albert Museum titled, Painting on Ivory .