Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c5.s2.t13.4

v1.c5.s2.t13.4

The popularity of Chinese embroidery was such that Chinese peddlers used to regularly visit homes in the towns of western India, such as Bombay, Surat and Bharuch, bringing embroidered wares from China for sale. They could be seen in the streets of these towns as late as the 1960s. Chinese embroiderers themselves also sometimes came to India. Over the course of time, embroidery workshops were set up in some of these places in which Indian craftsmen were trained in Chinese style embroidery. Lately, there has been a revival of interest in this tradition, particularly among the Parsi community and efforts are being made to keep it alive.