Indian Trade Textiles for Southeast Asia

Conclusion• Limitation: Indian trade cloths have survived to tell afragmentary story, as quite a large number of patterns havenot survived.• Market Recognition: From the evidence available, not all ofthem were meant for export as previously noted. Importanceof domestic & parallel market needs to be established.• Feedback: Some form of “feedback loop” existed whichcommunicated finest details of the consumer’s needs throughsamples or pattern designs with relevant market response.• Textile as Social Media: To understand textile traditions oneneeds to further research into different artistic media and arthistorical periods.• Continuity & Change: Continuity of textile traditions at bothends needs to be studied and documented to understandtheir significance holistically.