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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
209
The Puttuegars make also, in a variety of figured patterns, the CHAPTER
first three kinds of dresses of silk and cotton. v^JSl^
They also make Sada Putaynshina, or thin white muslins with June 22, fee.
silk borders. These are either plain, or dotted in the loom with
silk or cotton thread; and are frequently ornamented with gold and
silver. This is an elegant manufacture, and is fitted for the first
five kinds of dresses.
Plain green muslin with silk borders for the first three kinds of
dresses, is alsp made by the Puttuegars ; but not of so fine a quality
as that made by the Devangas, as will be afterwards mentioned.
The same may be said of the coloured striped muslin with silk
borders, called Dutari Huvtna, which is used also entirely for female
dresses, and is wrought of various patterns*
The Puttuegars dye much of their own silk ; and they gave me Art of dyeing
»i r m j, r 1 • among the
the following account or their processes. Puttuegars.
The silkis thus prepared for dyeing, the operation beingperformed
sometimes on the raw material, and sometimes on the thread. Take
5 Seers 3T~~o lb. of silk, 3 Seers (l1^3.lb,)of Soulu, or impure soda,
and l~ (0TVVo lb-) of quick-lime; mix the soda and lime, with 4 or
5 Seers, or about 308 cubical inches, of water ; and boil them for
half an hour. One half of the boiling ley is poured into a wide-
mouthed pot, and one half of the silk is immediately put into it
suspended on a stick. If it be not sufficiently wet, it will not take
the colour: and, if it be allowed to remain any length of time, the
silk is destroyed. The rest of the silk is now dipt into the remain-
ing ley; then washed in cold water, and dried in the sun.
If a white silk be wanted, take three Seers (1^4? lb.) of prepared
silk, 3 Seers of Soulu, or impure soda, 1 Dudu weight (6TVoV drams
avoirdupois) of indigo, and 18 Seers (about 1 %35 cubical inches) of
water ; boil them for about two hours. Then wash the boiled silk
in some hot water, and dry it. In this operation much care is ne-
cessary ; as by too much of the Soda the silk is apt to be spoiled,
and, if it be boiled too short a time, it will not be sufficiently white,
Vol. I. E e
is
ace wear,
andanaii,^
which is
are 6
one
lders of mei
ng, and 2jl
) cubits
.vers, I tookf
ufactures.
a very rick,*
dresses are'
» different
,e cloth; &.
appropriate
ifTerent degj
1 them,
.old thread;
»D
aP
d ^
MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
209
The Puttuegars make also, in a variety of figured patterns, the CHAPTER
first three kinds of dresses of silk and cotton. v^JSl^
They also make Sada Putaynshina, or thin white muslins with June 22, fee.
silk borders. These are either plain, or dotted in the loom with
silk or cotton thread; and are frequently ornamented with gold and
silver. This is an elegant manufacture, and is fitted for the first
five kinds of dresses.
Plain green muslin with silk borders for the first three kinds of
dresses, is alsp made by the Puttuegars ; but not of so fine a quality
as that made by the Devangas, as will be afterwards mentioned.
The same may be said of the coloured striped muslin with silk
borders, called Dutari Huvtna, which is used also entirely for female
dresses, and is wrought of various patterns*
The Puttuegars dye much of their own silk ; and they gave me Art of dyeing
»i r m j, r 1 • among the
the following account or their processes. Puttuegars.
The silkis thus prepared for dyeing, the operation beingperformed
sometimes on the raw material, and sometimes on the thread. Take
5 Seers 3T~~o lb. of silk, 3 Seers (l1^3.lb,)of Soulu, or impure soda,
and l~ (0TVVo lb-) of quick-lime; mix the soda and lime, with 4 or
5 Seers, or about 308 cubical inches, of water ; and boil them for
half an hour. One half of the boiling ley is poured into a wide-
mouthed pot, and one half of the silk is immediately put into it
suspended on a stick. If it be not sufficiently wet, it will not take
the colour: and, if it be allowed to remain any length of time, the
silk is destroyed. The rest of the silk is now dipt into the remain-
ing ley; then washed in cold water, and dried in the sun.
If a white silk be wanted, take three Seers (1^4? lb.) of prepared
silk, 3 Seers of Soulu, or impure soda, 1 Dudu weight (6TVoV drams
avoirdupois) of indigo, and 18 Seers (about 1 %35 cubical inches) of
water ; boil them for about two hours. Then wash the boiled silk
in some hot water, and dry it. In this operation much care is ne-
cessary ; as by too much of the Soda the silk is apt to be spoiled,
and, if it be boiled too short a time, it will not be sufficiently white,
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