The Wool Cottage Industry of India
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An overview of India's hand spinning and weaving of wool as a rural cottage industry, covering regional centers, climate and custom in clothing, and types of cloth such as blankets (kumblies), shawls, tweeds, carpets, druggets and namdas. It describes hand processes: bow carding, spinning with the takli and charkha, warp preparation on peg boards, sizing with tamarind seed, pit-loom weaving, hand fulling, and knotted-pile carpet weaving. It closes with the industry's economic problems and government and cooperative improvement efforts. Illustrated with photographs and a map of wool-producing regions.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- c. 1950-1959
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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