Chanderi in the 17th century and 18th century

Chanderi in the 17th century and 18th century: www.chanderisarees.co.in
The antiquity and importance of Chanderi as a weaving center is

clearly established by the presence there, in the seventeenth century, of an imperial Mughal karkhana (manufactory). The Chanderi karkhana supplied the Mughal court with high quality fabrics but the exact nature of these is not known. In 1677 however, the emperor Aurangzeb apparently ordered its closure. Since the eighteenth century, the center has been associated with the production of very fine, plain and gold bordered cotton muslins. There is also some evidence of the use of the double-tapestry technique for patterning. Diaphanous cotton safas (turbans) and saris, edged with golden borders and end-pieces, have figured prominently among the nineteenth century textiles attributed to Chanderi. These were woven mostly for the courts of central and western India such as those Gwalior, Indore, Baroda and Nagpur, a tradition that persisted until the dissolution of the princely states.