Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to search out impact of flora and fauna on Mughal period’s textiles and their implementation on contemporary textile designs of Pakistan. Textile designs of Mughal’s period portray socio-cultural role to know about the design trends of that era: through richly embellished decorative arts applied in their courts, official audience halls and throne rooms. It is observed that unusual natural and stylized designs of flora and fauna with a variety of different kinds of vegetative motives and birds are used by the Pakistani textile designers of 21st century. The purpose of this study is to search out the stimulating and exclusive traditional influences of Mughal’s flora and fauna design trends on the contemporary textile designs of Pakistan. Implementation of lotus, lily, tulip, narcissus, iris, carnation, sun-flower, chrysanthemum, zinnia, dahlia, hibiscus, jasmine, rose, poppy and morning glory in pure white, pale, orange and red colours catches attention in thick green vegetation, full bloom flowers and birds all will be discussed in present research. The study will not only explore that how the cultural traditional designs become an integral part of contemporary designs of Pakistani textile but also its importance, demand and trends involved.
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