Question

Discuss the stages of the cloth production in India in 18th century

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Indian textiles were renowned the world over long before the 1700s, and they were often considered the more advanced counterpart to textiles produced in Europe. This may have been due to the exclusivity of the herb called chay, which produces a rich and deep red color used to create madder dye. Indians also created a violet-indigo hybrid color that they could obtain from a legume that is also indigenous to the subcontinent.

The Indian textile that flooded Europe during the 18th century was called chintz, which was a woven fabric made from cotton that was used to create everything from window drapes to furniture upholstery. Chintz could be dyed with madder dye to create designs of flowers for curtains and sofas that seemingly glowed red. The floral designs had their roots in the 1500s, when Indian Mughal rulers like Babur would commission artists to paint India's vibrant flowers to adorn his palaces.

Another form of chintz that was from India and exported to Europe was palampores, which were large bedspreads. The elaborate designs of madder dyed flowers or violet-indigo colored designs were a central feature of English homes during the period. Via the East India Company that controlled trade from the subcontinent in the 1600s, Indian textiles were a

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Another popular Indian textile during this period was short-length fabrics made from Indian silk, which were used to make everything from clothing to silk napkins. Indian silk was so prevalent on the English market that their sailors and poor laborers wore Indian silk neck scarves called bandannas.