Calico
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A short encyclopedia entry defining calico as a plain-woven cotton cloth of medium thickness, between sheeting and muslin. It gives the origin of the name from Calicut on the Malabar coast and notes the beginnings of calico manufacture in Lancashire and of calico printing in London.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1828
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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