Mace,
The mace was essentially a weapon against armour for which purpose it is admirably designed. The spiked mace was particularly effective against the helmet. The Ain-I-Akbari mentions several types of maces. Apart form their use as weapons of war, maces also had a ceremonial role as a symbol of office or command and were carried by mace bearers or chobdars. Such maces were made of precious metals and lavishly ornamented.
The mace was essentially a weapon against armour for which purpose it is admirably designed. The spiked mace was particularly effective against the helmet. The Ain-I-Akbari mentions several types of maces. Apart form their use as weapons of war, maces also had a ceremonial role as a symbol of office or command and were carried by mace bearers or chobdars. Such maces were made of precious metals and lavishly ornamented.
Machine Made Paper,
Machine Made Paper is made on an industrial scale involving electrical machinery to produce a more even and predictable type of paper.
Machine Made Paper is made on an industrial scale involving electrical machinery to produce a more even and predictable type of paper.
Machine printing,
The process of printing designs in dyes or pigments on to a cloth surface by mechanical means, usually employing copper-plates or rollers on to which the patterns are etched or engraved.
The process of printing designs in dyes or pigments on to a cloth surface by mechanical means, usually employing copper-plates or rollers on to which the patterns are etched or engraved.
Machine-spun thread,
Threads spun by machine. These include natural fibres such as cotton and silk and synthetic fibres.
Threads spun by machine. These include natural fibres such as cotton and silk and synthetic fibres.
Macramé,
A general term for ornamental knot work. More specifically the term refers to an ornamental fringe of knotted threads. See also knotting.
A general term for ornamental knot work. More specifically the term refers to an ornamental fringe of knotted threads. See also knotting.
Maddar,
The red dye stuff extracted from the roots of the plant species Rubia Munjeesta, Rubia Tinctorum L., Al and other species of Rubia.
The red dye stuff extracted from the roots of the plant species Rubia Munjeesta, Rubia Tinctorum L., Al and other species of Rubia.
Madur mat,
The most popular of the mats produced in West Bengal is the madur, its production is now undertaken on an organised scale by weavers of the Mahishya caste mainly in the southern districts of Midnapore, West Bengal, an area covering the coastal area of the state, west of the river Ganga.
Woven on a simple bamboo frame loom with a warp of cotton thread and the weft -the thin soft reed, madur kathi that is cultivated in the Sabong and Ramnagar areas of Midnapore district.
Three types of madur are made in Midnapore-ekrokha, dorokha and masland. Dorokha, with a double madur kathi weft is thicker and is more comfortable to sit or lie on than the simple ekrokha that and is used for general purposes, while the masland is very fine-textured and made with carefully selected reeds. It has two borders of beautiful geometrical designs, sometimes in a deep magenta, but most often in a self-colour, the designs showing up through the texture of the patterns only. The main centres of madur and masland mat production in Midnapore are Ramnagar, Sabong, Kholaberia, Sadirhat and Narayan
The most popular of the mats produced in West Bengal is the madur, its production is now undertaken on an organised scale by weavers of the Mahishya caste mainly in the southern districts of Midnapore, West Bengal, an area covering the coastal area of the state, west of the river Ganga.
Woven on a simple bamboo frame loom with a warp of cotton thread and the weft -the thin soft reed, madur kathi that is cultivated in the Sabong and Ramnagar areas of Midnapore district.
Three types of madur are made in Midnapore-ekrokha, dorokha and masland. Dorokha, with a double madur kathi weft is thicker and is more comfortable to sit or lie on than the simple ekrokha that and is used for general purposes, while the masland is very fine-textured and made with carefully selected reeds. It has two borders of beautiful geometrical designs, sometimes in a deep magenta, but most often in a self-colour, the designs showing up through the texture of the patterns only. The main centres of madur and masland mat production in Midnapore are Ramnagar, Sabong, Kholaberia, Sadirhat and Narayan
Maffa,
An appliquéd tent-like cover for an ox cart used at marriages and other celebrations by some farming castes in Kutch and Saurashtra.
An appliquéd tent-like cover for an ox cart used at marriages and other celebrations by some farming castes in Kutch and Saurashtra.
Magnet-roll system,
A method whereby squeegees- in the form of cylindrical metal rods, varying in diameter from 3 to 18mm., placed loosely in the screen with the print paste- are moved along by means of magnet coils under the printing blanket, which draw the print paste through the mesh of the screen. It is used in both Johannes Zimmer and Peter Zimmer screen-printing machines.
A method whereby squeegees- in the form of cylindrical metal rods, varying in diameter from 3 to 18mm., placed loosely in the screen with the print paste- are moved along by means of magnet coils under the printing blanket, which draw the print paste through the mesh of the screen. It is used in both Johannes Zimmer and Peter Zimmer screen-printing machines.