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Watson, John F.
The textile manufactures and the costumes of the people of India — London, 1866

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LOOM-MADE GARMENTS :

11. Cotton Print.—Printed Borders and End.

Yol.

Sample.

Description.

Measurement.

Weight

Cost.

Place of
Manufacture,

Length.

Width.

of piece.

or where
obtained.




yds. ins.

yds. ins.

Ibs. oz.

£ s. d.


V.

196

Pink ground, with diagonal rows of small red
flower within dotted red lines; 11-inch
border in black and red. Principal end (21
inches) ornamented with red and black
figured and flowered stripes, among which a
deep pine pattern is printed on a plain pink
ground.

8 9

1 8

1 6

0 3 3

Arcot,
bought in
Madras.

Y.

198

Coarse. Scarlet ground, with diagonal rows of
white spots (1 inch apart). Of principal end
(24 inches) the greater portion is of a bluish
black ground, dotted with red and white spots.
A flowered pine pattern is also introduced in
a 6-inch crimson cross stripe at both ends.

6 30

0 29

1 6

0 2 11

Cuddapah,
bought in
Madras

V.

199

Glazed chintz, flowered pattern, in colours.
Border (6 inches) flowered design in colours.
Twenty inches of end, chocolate colour, with
(12 inch) flowered figures extending from
main design towards end of piece. Worn by
Malay women for covering shoulders and head.

2 9

1 14

0 12


Poonary,
bought in
Madras.

Y.

200

Glazed chintz. A sexagonal pattern, white
and chocolate colour, enclosing a red flower
on a light brown ground. Border (6 inches)
foliage and flower pattern in colours on
a black ground. Twenty inches of end,
chocolate colour ground, with (12-inch)
flowered figures, extending from main design
towards end of piece. Worn by Malay
women for covering the shoulders and head.

2 9

1 14

0 12


Poonary,
bought in
Madras.

12. Cotton. Dyed and Printed ; Gold Borders and End.

Example No. 197, Vol. V., from Madras. Dark red; diagonal rows of white spots,
with red tick in centre. Border of gold thread with Kutar pattern on inner edge. Across
principal end, three stripes of gold, of which the widest is an inch. Length, 6^ yards;
width, 27 inches; weight, 8 ounces; cost 6s.

13. Cotton and Silk.—Cotton Borders ; Silk Ends.

No. 208, Yol. VI., from Benares, is of crimson cotton with a figure in yellow silk, carried
obliquely across the piece. Border 3^ inches wide, with the body pattern repeated in it, but
with blue cotton occupying the place of the yellow silk. Principal end (13’ inches) of blue
cotton with zigzag stripes, in yellow silk, and at extreme end a {(-inch stripe of crimson.
About 38 inches of opposite end is also blue and of the same pattern, with an inch stripe of
red at the end. Length, 4 yds. 28 ins.; width, 34 inches; weight, 8j| ozs.
 
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