Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 322
This particular form of fabric is no doubt asurvival, through Persian channels, of the embroideredgarments of the ancient Babylonian monarchs. In the production of cotton goods the trade of the nativecaste of weavers has suffered very much by the greatimportation of Manchester cottons, and by the… … Fig. 261.—Kincob of Ahmedabad. (B.) pursuits, owing to the partial ruin of their trade by Englishcompetition. Cotton-printing is still, however, an important native 304 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. industry, especially in the city of Lucknow, where thecolouring and design are still superior to that of the…
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