It would not be an exaggeration to state that there is no comprehensive listing of the writings available on crafts, textiles, artisans and related areas.

This is an attempt, though no where near complete, to provide bibliographic access to a compilation.

We hope to update and add on to the listings on a regular basis in an attempt to provide a completion.

This section can be searched by craft.

Abedin, Zainul

Amader Shilpakala (Our Arts and Crafts)

Mashik Mohammadi, Ashar, 1958


Ahmad, P

Crafts from Bangladesh

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, Dhaka, 1984


Ahmad, Perveen

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation

Dhaka,


Ahmad, Tofail

Loka Shilper Bhubane (In the World of Folk Art)

Bangla Academy, Dhaka, 1994


Ahmad, Tofail; Hameeda Hussain and Mohammad Sayeedur

Documentation of Folk Designs in Bangladesh

In S. Khan, ed., Folklore of Bangladesh, Vol. 2, pp.64-117,


Ahmed, Perveen

Kantha – The Embroidered Quilt.

Unpublished article,


Ahmed, Perveen (Edited)

Crafts from Bangladesh

Bangladesh Handicrafts Marketing Corporation (BHMC), Dhaka, 1981


Ahmed, Sayeed

Bangladesh Handicrafts 1974 (Catalogue of Bangladesh Handicraft Exhibition)

Bangladesh Handicraft Show Committee, Dhaka, 1974


Ahmed, T

Filigree Work of Dhaka

Silpakala, Vol. I , Dhaka, 1986


Ahmed, Tofail

Lokshilpa (Folk Art)

Bangla Academy, Dhaka, 1985


Ahmed, Tofail

Amader Prachin Shilpa (Our Ancient Crafts)

Naoroz Kitabistan, Dhaka, 1964


Ahmed, Tofail; Hameeda Hossain and Mohammad Sayeedur

“Survey of Folk Crafts and Documentation of Designs in Bangladesh: A Narrative Report.”

Bangladesh Hastashilpa Samabaya Federation (Karika),, Dhaka, 1988


Ahmed, Tofail; Shafiqul Ameen; Abdul Matin Sarkar and Muhhmmad Saidur

“Popular Art in Bangladesh”

Culture (UNESCO), Vol. VIII: 121-141 , 1981


Ahmed, Wakil

Banglar Lok Sanskriti

Folk Culture of Bengal, Dhaka, 1974


Alam, Syed Mahbub

Lok Shilper Jatitattik Bishleshon O Mullayon: Proshongo Nakshi Kantha

Bangladesher Lok Shilpa: 146-154 , Dhaka, 1983


Banerjee, N.N.

Monograph on the Cotton Fabrics of Bengal

Calcutta, 1898


Bhattasali, Nalinikanta

Iconography of Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures in Dacca Museum


Bonaventura, Paul and Beth Stockley

Woven Air: The Muslin and Kantha Tradition of Bangladesh

London, 1988


Chatterjee, T.M.

Alpana, Ritual Decoration

1945


Chawdhury, M. M. R.

Toys and Dolls of Bangladesh

Shilpakala, Vol. II, Dhaka, 1979


Chen, Martha Alter

Kantha and Jamdani Revival in Bangladesh

Indian International Centre Quarterly, Vol. 2:4, 1984


Dani, Ahmed Hasan

Muslim Architecture in Bengal

Dhaka, 1961


Dutt, Gurusaday

Folk Arts and Crafts of Bengal: The Collected Papers.

Seagull, Calcutta, 1990


Ghuznavi, Sayyada R

Naksha : A collection of Designs of Bangladesh

Design Centre, Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC), Dhaka, 1981


Ghuznavi, Sayyada R

Rangeen: Natural Dyes of Bangladesh

Vegetable Dye Research and Development Society, Dhaka, 1987


Glassie, Henry

Traditional Art of Dhaka

Bangla Academy, Dhaka, 2000


Habibullah, A B M

A General Guide to the Dacca Museum

Dhaka, 1964


Hafiz, Abdul

Embroideries of Bangladesh. An Anthology of Crafts of Bangladesh

Dhaka, 1987


Hai, Md. Abdul and Pasha A.

Charyagitika

Dhaka, 1980


Haque, E

Treasures of Dacca Museum

Dhaka, 1963


Haque, Enamul

An Anthology on Crafts of Bangladesh

National Crafts Council of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1987


Haque, Enamul

Islamic Art Heritage of Bangladesh

Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, 1983


Haque, Enamul

Karmarata Karushilpi (Artisans at work)

National Crafts Council, Dhaka, 1986


Haque, Zulekha

Gahana: Jewellery of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, Dhaka, 1984


Haque, Zulekha

Terracotta Decoration of Late Medieval Bengal: Portrayals of a Society

Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1980


Hornell, James

The Chank Bangle Industry: Its Antiquity and Present Condition.

Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 3, No. 7 : 407-448, 1913


Hossain, H.

Life and Conditions or Work in the Dhaka Arang's

Oxford Papers, Delhi, 1987


Hossain, Hameeda

The Company Weavers of Bengal: The East India Company and the Organisation of Textile Production in Bengal, 1750-1813

Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1988


Hossain, Hameeda

Nakshamala: Nakshi Kantha

Dhaka, 1987


Hossain, Hameeda

Symbolism and Tradition of the Nakshi Kantha (Embroidered Quilt)

Paper read at Seminar organized by Folk Art and Crafts Foundation, February1983,


Hossain, Hameeda; Tofail Ahmed, and Mohammad Sayeedur

Survey of Fold Crafts and Documentation of Designs in Bangladesh: A Narrative Report.

Mimeo, Dhaka, 1988


Hossain, Selina; Trans: Kabir Chowdhury

Plumed Peacock

Chaturanga, Dhaka, 1983


Jahangir, B K

Bangladesher Lokshilp (Folk Art of Bangladesh) (in Bangla)

Dhaka, 1982


Jalal, Mohammad Shah

Traditional Pottery in Bangladesh

International Voluntary Services, Dhaka, 1987


James, Taylor

Descriptive and Historical Accounts of the Cotton Manufactures of Dacca

London, 1851


Jasimuddin

Nakshi Kanthar Maath

Calcutta, 1929


Jasimuddin; Ed. Shamsuzzaman Khan

Purba Banglar Nakshi Kantha O Sari, 1958, Reprinted in Bangladesher Lok Oitijja - 268-274

Dhaka, 1985


Jasimuddin; Trans. E.M. Milford. Revised W. Mc Dermott

The Field of the Embroidered Quilt, 1939

Dhaka, 1964


Karim, Abdul

Daccai Muslin

Dhaka, 1965


Khan, Muhammad Hafiz Ullah

“Potter’s Art in Bengal: An Integrated Study.”

The Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies, 8 (1985): 13-28, Bangladesh, 1985


Khan, Muhammad Hafiz Ullah

Terracotta Ornamentation in Muslim Architecture of Bengal

Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1988


Khan, Muhammad Hafiz Ullah; In R. Ahmed, Ed.

Muslim Terracotta Art and Late Medieval Temple Ornamentation in Bengal: A Study in Cultural Influence: pp. 198-213


Khan, Muhammad Hafiz Ullah; In S. Khan, ed.

Terracotta Art of Pre-Muslim Bengal: A Historical Survey

Folklore of Bangladesh, Vol. 2, pp. 1-15 ,


Khan, Shamsuzzaman, ed.

Folklore of Bangladesh

Bangla Academy Journal, Vol.1, Dhaka, 1987


Khan, Shamsuzzaman, ed.

Folklore of Bangladesh

Bangla Academy, Vol.2, Dhaka, 1992


Khorshed, Sitara

Pottery of Bangladesh

BSCIC, Dhaka, 1984


Mahmud, Firoz

Metalwork in Bangladesh: A Study in Material Folk Culture.

Ph.D. Dissertation, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1995


Mahmud, Firoz

Prospects of Material Folk Culture Studies and Folk life Museums in Bangladesh

Bangla Academy, Dhaka, 1993


Majid, Fahmida

Alpana, Notes written for the Commonwealth Institute, November 1983

London, 1983


Mc Cutchion, David

Banglar Mandire Poramatir Alankaran

Paschim Banger Loka Shilpa, Government of West Bengal, Calcutta, 1976


Messrs. Hamilton & Co.

Album of the ornaments of the Nawab of Dhaka

Calcutta, 1902


Mookerjee, Ajit

Folk Art of Bengal: A Study of an Art for and of the People

University of Calcutta, Calcutta, 1946


Rahman, Mukhlesur

Banglar Lokshilpa: Nakshi Kantha.

Varendra Shahitya Parishad Patrika, 1367


Sayeedur, Mohammad

The Common Ground.

Woven Air, 23-27 ,


Sayeedur, Mohammad; Ed. Dular Choudhury

Loukik Chitrakalar Alpana (Folk Art in the Alpana).

Purba Banglar Lok Sanskriti (Folk Culture of East Bengal), Calcutta,


Sharaf, D N

Shital Pati of Sylhet

UNDP/ILO, Dhaka, 1982


Siddique, Ashraf

Folkloric Bangladesh

Bangla Academy, Dhaka, 1976


Sirajuddin, Muhammad

Catalogue of Coins of the Sultanate Period of Bengal

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan, Dhaka, 1964


Sirajuddin, Muhammad

Kutir Shilpa (Cottage Industry) (in Bangla)

Bangla Academy, Dhaka, 1986


Sirajuddin, Muhammad

Living Crafts in Bangladesh

Markup International, Dhaka, 1992


Sirajuddin, Muhammad

Lyrics in Terracotta at Kantajeer Mandir

Markup International, Dhaka, 1992


Skelton, Robert and Francis, Mark (Ed)

The Heritage of Bangladesh and Eastern India, London for the exhibition Arts of Bengal

1979


Skelton, Robert and Francis, Mark (Ed)

The Heritage of Bangladesh and Eastern India, London for the exhibition Arts of Bengal 1979


Skelton, Robert and Mark Francis, eds.

Arts of Bengal: The Heritage of Bangladesh and Eastern India

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1979


Stockley, Beth, ed.

Woven Air: The Muslim and Kantha Tradition of Bangladesh

Whitechapel, London, 1988


Stronge, S.

Decorative Arts - The Arts of Bengal

Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1979


Syaeedur, Mohammad

Symbols and Rituals in the Art of the Nakshi Kantha

Woven Air, 19-31 ,


Whitechapel Art Gallery

Woven Air: The Muslin and Kantha Tradition of Bangladesh

1988


Zaman, Niaz

Embroidered Quilt: A Living Art Form

The Bangladesh Times, August, 1980, 1980


Zaman, Niaz

New Kanthas from Old.

Holiday, April, 24,


Zaman, Niaz

Kanthas of Bangladesh

Shilpakala, Vol. II (1979). 64-70, 1979


 

Bangladesh Heritage

Marg Publications, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, March 1974, 1974


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