Eastern India also has a strong embroidery tradition. During the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries the Portuguese imported embroidered quilts from Bengal, while in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, cotton and silk appliques were created in Bihar. Various kinds of cotton-on-muslin, silk-on muslin and zardozi region. Yet by the early twentieth century, many of these commercial enterprises had declined because of changes in fashion, and today the most well-known embroideries come from the traditional domestic, as opposed to commercial, arena. It is also these embroideries that governmet and non-government aid organizations are encouraging as a source of income for poor rural women.
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