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LOOK GEES AND DHOTEES.
29
Vol.
No.
Description.
Measurement.
Weight.
Cost.
Place of
Manufacture,
Length.
Width.
or whence
obtained.
yds. ins.
yds. ins.
lbs. oz.
£ s. d.
II.
59
Cotton. Deep rose colour, with black stripes, 11
to the inch. Borders (|-inch) green and black
stripes. At each end two yellow and green
stripes, one inch and one 1 inch wide.
4 9
1 0
0 13
0 4 01
Mylapore,
Madras.
II.
60
Cotton. Dull yellow and chocolate-coloured check.
(12 to the inch), 6 inches of each end being
darker in pattern than body of piece. Borders
(2-l-inch) dark chocolate colour stripes. Made
and worn by the Lubbays.
2 9
1 9
0 10i
0 2 3
Karikal, Ma-
dras.
II.
62
Cotton. Small black line check (10 to an inch)
on dark blue ground. Coloured stripes in
borders 3| inches wide. In about a yard of
each end of the piece the check pattern is dis-
continued and cross stripes of various colours
and widths introduced. Worn by the Lubbays.*
6 0
1 4
1 51
0 7 9
Coonathoor,
Madras.
II.
64
Cotton. Deep rose colour ground, with narrow
black stripe, 10 to the inch. Same as No.
59, but without the border. Worn by the
Lubbays.
2 . 9
1 4
0 4
0 2 6
Karikal, Ma-
dras.
III.
100
Cotton. Bed. Borders. 2-inch stripes, chiefly
green. A green, red, and white 3f-inch stripe
across each end.
5 28
0 32
1 2
0 4 0
Shikarpore,
Sind.
III.
105
Cotton. Check of narrow blue lines jt-inch apart.
One inch border striped in colours. Cross
stripes (5 inches) at each end, in orange, green,
and crimson. A common pattern.
6 12
1 4
1 14
0 6 0
Shikarpore,
Sind.
III.
111
Cotton. Plain twilled. 1-inch borders, red stripe,
and dotted margin. Across each end a 3-inch
stripe in yellow, blue and red, and ^-inch stripe,
in red and blue.
2 30
1 18
1 7
0 7 31
Nurrapore,
Sind.
III.
113
Cotton. Twilled, chrome yellow colour. Borders,
f-inch stripe of green with white lino edges.
At each end cross stripe If inches wide, same
pattern as borders ; and near the extreme end
a ^--inch stripe of green and white.
2 27
1 14
1 7
0 4 0
Shikarpore,
Sind.
9- Cotton.—Coloured Thread ; Checks and Stripes ; Figured Diaper Body ; Borders
and Ends formed generally by modification of Pattern.
The subjoined table includes the first examples given of the thick material*' to which
reference has been made, and to which the remarks regarding the probable advantages of
employing a mixture of wool and cotton apply.
Nos. 119, Yol. III., and 126 and 127, Vol. IV., are good examples of intermediate qualities.
Nos. 479 and 480, Yol. XII., given under the head of Cloths for Domestic Purposes, afford
illustrations of a still stouter and warmer fabric, which would prove saleable at certain times
and places.f
* Called Kass or, more properly, Khes. Loodiana Khes is said to be the best kind of cotton fabric
made in the Punjab. It is exported in some quantity to Leh and Chantkan in Chinese Tartary.
Buchanan in “Martin’s Eastern India,” Yol. I. p. 353, defines Khes to be a cotton diaper used by natives as a
dress, but in demand by Europeans for table-linen purposes. The prices of the specimens from Sind, although,
representing what they actually cost, can scarcely be regarded as representing their real value in the market,
j- So also do some of the thicker materials used for trouserings shown amongst the piece-goods.
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29
Vol.
No.
Description.
Measurement.
Weight.
Cost.
Place of
Manufacture,
Length.
Width.
or whence
obtained.
yds. ins.
yds. ins.
lbs. oz.
£ s. d.
II.
59
Cotton. Deep rose colour, with black stripes, 11
to the inch. Borders (|-inch) green and black
stripes. At each end two yellow and green
stripes, one inch and one 1 inch wide.
4 9
1 0
0 13
0 4 01
Mylapore,
Madras.
II.
60
Cotton. Dull yellow and chocolate-coloured check.
(12 to the inch), 6 inches of each end being
darker in pattern than body of piece. Borders
(2-l-inch) dark chocolate colour stripes. Made
and worn by the Lubbays.
2 9
1 9
0 10i
0 2 3
Karikal, Ma-
dras.
II.
62
Cotton. Small black line check (10 to an inch)
on dark blue ground. Coloured stripes in
borders 3| inches wide. In about a yard of
each end of the piece the check pattern is dis-
continued and cross stripes of various colours
and widths introduced. Worn by the Lubbays.*
6 0
1 4
1 51
0 7 9
Coonathoor,
Madras.
II.
64
Cotton. Deep rose colour ground, with narrow
black stripe, 10 to the inch. Same as No.
59, but without the border. Worn by the
Lubbays.
2 . 9
1 4
0 4
0 2 6
Karikal, Ma-
dras.
III.
100
Cotton. Bed. Borders. 2-inch stripes, chiefly
green. A green, red, and white 3f-inch stripe
across each end.
5 28
0 32
1 2
0 4 0
Shikarpore,
Sind.
III.
105
Cotton. Check of narrow blue lines jt-inch apart.
One inch border striped in colours. Cross
stripes (5 inches) at each end, in orange, green,
and crimson. A common pattern.
6 12
1 4
1 14
0 6 0
Shikarpore,
Sind.
III.
111
Cotton. Plain twilled. 1-inch borders, red stripe,
and dotted margin. Across each end a 3-inch
stripe in yellow, blue and red, and ^-inch stripe,
in red and blue.
2 30
1 18
1 7
0 7 31
Nurrapore,
Sind.
III.
113
Cotton. Twilled, chrome yellow colour. Borders,
f-inch stripe of green with white lino edges.
At each end cross stripe If inches wide, same
pattern as borders ; and near the extreme end
a ^--inch stripe of green and white.
2 27
1 14
1 7
0 4 0
Shikarpore,
Sind.
9- Cotton.—Coloured Thread ; Checks and Stripes ; Figured Diaper Body ; Borders
and Ends formed generally by modification of Pattern.
The subjoined table includes the first examples given of the thick material*' to which
reference has been made, and to which the remarks regarding the probable advantages of
employing a mixture of wool and cotton apply.
Nos. 119, Yol. III., and 126 and 127, Vol. IV., are good examples of intermediate qualities.
Nos. 479 and 480, Yol. XII., given under the head of Cloths for Domestic Purposes, afford
illustrations of a still stouter and warmer fabric, which would prove saleable at certain times
and places.f
* Called Kass or, more properly, Khes. Loodiana Khes is said to be the best kind of cotton fabric
made in the Punjab. It is exported in some quantity to Leh and Chantkan in Chinese Tartary.
Buchanan in “Martin’s Eastern India,” Yol. I. p. 353, defines Khes to be a cotton diaper used by natives as a
dress, but in demand by Europeans for table-linen purposes. The prices of the specimens from Sind, although,
representing what they actually cost, can scarcely be regarded as representing their real value in the market,
j- So also do some of the thicker materials used for trouserings shown amongst the piece-goods.
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