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CONTENTS.
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Piece Goods—continued. Page
SILK.
Extensive manufacture in India for home consumption and for export - 97
Table A. showing the quantities and value of the silk-goods exported
from India to all parts of the world from 1850-1 to 1864-5 - - 99-100
Reference to Tables with examples in Fabric-Books 97
(1.) Silk and cotton fabrics used for trowserings, skirts, and Cholees - 97
(Table 1) - - .101
(2.) Mushroos.—Fabrics of Silk and Cotton, with Satin face and Cotton
back. Used extensively for dresses, cushions, &c. - 97
Variety and beauty of the patterns of Mushroos - - - 97
Necessity that they should stand washing - - - 97, note.
{Table 2.) ------ - 102
(3.) Silk fabrics—used for trowsers, &c. ----- 97
Patterns noted as favourites with the Hindus and Mahomedans - 97
(Table 3.) -------- 104
(4.) Printing on Silk ...-..-97
Mode of producing the peculiar spotted patterns used by the
Parsees, and the difficulty of imitating them by machinery - 97
{Table 4.) ------- 106
Gauze used for mosquito curtains ----- 98
Description of sample in silk ----- 98
Cotton net generally used ----- 98
Nets exported from Europe applied to this purpose - - 98
WILD SILKS.
Examples of Fabrics of Moonga, Eria, and Tussur silk {Table) - - 107
Moonga. Its superiority for mixed fabrics, and for embroidery - - 106
Mixed fabrics of cotton and Moonga silk - - - - 106
Moonga Silk manufactures of Dacca ----- 106
Mode of preparing the silk for use in the loom - - - 106
Variety, names, character, &c. of Cloths of Cotton and Moonga Silk
made at Dacca, and places to which exported ... 106
Ebia Silk. Durable, but defective in lustre .... 107
Tussuk Silk. Buchanan’s description of its preparation and manufacture in
Bhagulpore - -- -- -- - 107
Varieties of patterns in Tussur goods from Bhagulpore - - 108
LOOM EMBROIDERY,—GOLD AND SILVER.
Gold and silver thread employed in the loom to decorate piece-goods - 109
(1.) Ornamentation confined to the introduction of borders - - - 109
(2.) Gold and silver used in body of silk fabric to produce striped patterns 109
(3.) Gold-figured Mushroos- ------ 109
(4.) Kincobs- - -- -- -- - 109
Beauty and variety of the patterns produced in India inadequately indicated
by the examples given in the books ----- 109
Reference to India Museum for further illustrations - 109
Description by Capt. Meadows Taylor of the processes employed in the
manufacture and flattening of Gold and Silver wire, &c. - - 109
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XV
Piece Goods—continued. Page
SILK.
Extensive manufacture in India for home consumption and for export - 97
Table A. showing the quantities and value of the silk-goods exported
from India to all parts of the world from 1850-1 to 1864-5 - - 99-100
Reference to Tables with examples in Fabric-Books 97
(1.) Silk and cotton fabrics used for trowserings, skirts, and Cholees - 97
(Table 1) - - .101
(2.) Mushroos.—Fabrics of Silk and Cotton, with Satin face and Cotton
back. Used extensively for dresses, cushions, &c. - 97
Variety and beauty of the patterns of Mushroos - - - 97
Necessity that they should stand washing - - - 97, note.
{Table 2.) ------ - 102
(3.) Silk fabrics—used for trowsers, &c. ----- 97
Patterns noted as favourites with the Hindus and Mahomedans - 97
(Table 3.) -------- 104
(4.) Printing on Silk ...-..-97
Mode of producing the peculiar spotted patterns used by the
Parsees, and the difficulty of imitating them by machinery - 97
{Table 4.) ------- 106
Gauze used for mosquito curtains ----- 98
Description of sample in silk ----- 98
Cotton net generally used ----- 98
Nets exported from Europe applied to this purpose - - 98
WILD SILKS.
Examples of Fabrics of Moonga, Eria, and Tussur silk {Table) - - 107
Moonga. Its superiority for mixed fabrics, and for embroidery - - 106
Mixed fabrics of cotton and Moonga silk - - - - 106
Moonga Silk manufactures of Dacca ----- 106
Mode of preparing the silk for use in the loom - - - 106
Variety, names, character, &c. of Cloths of Cotton and Moonga Silk
made at Dacca, and places to which exported ... 106
Ebia Silk. Durable, but defective in lustre .... 107
Tussuk Silk. Buchanan’s description of its preparation and manufacture in
Bhagulpore - -- -- -- - 107
Varieties of patterns in Tussur goods from Bhagulpore - - 108
LOOM EMBROIDERY,—GOLD AND SILVER.
Gold and silver thread employed in the loom to decorate piece-goods - 109
(1.) Ornamentation confined to the introduction of borders - - - 109
(2.) Gold and silver used in body of silk fabric to produce striped patterns 109
(3.) Gold-figured Mushroos- ------ 109
(4.) Kincobs- - -- -- -- - 109
Beauty and variety of the patterns produced in India inadequately indicated
by the examples given in the books ----- 109
Reference to India Museum for further illustrations - 109
Description by Capt. Meadows Taylor of the processes employed in the
manufacture and flattening of Gold and Silver wire, &c. - - 109
(Table).Ill