Callico
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A short encyclopedia entry defining calico as a cotton cloth made chiefly in the East Indies. It describes painted and undyed varieties, including pieces with gold and silver stripes and decorative end tissues. It notes that the East India Company imported and re-exported the cloth, and that printed or stained Indian calicoes were prohibited in Britain by statute 7 Geo. I, cap. vii because of distress to domestic manufacturers.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1771
- Language
- English
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- 1
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