Garbhasuti was a mixed cloth of tussar silk and cotton produced in Bengal. It was a handwoven material in the 19th century, Manbhum and Bankura produced most of it. Garbhasuti was a common name for fabrics with a cotton warp and a silk weft.[1][2] Typically, it was ten yards long and one yard wide, which cost Rs. eight per piece.[3] More often Garbhasuti was a made-to-order material.[4]
Variations
edit"Asmani" was the name given to a mixed fabric made of cotton and dyed silk.[1] There were more variations of Garbhasuti such as when made with gold on its end and border, it was called "garbhasuti fari kinar".[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Mukhopādhyāẏa, Trailokyanātha (1888). Art-manufactures of India: Specially Compiled for the Glasgow International Exhibition, 1888. Superintendent of Government Printing. p. 345.
- ^ Watt, George (1904). Indian Art at Delhi, 1903: Being the Official Catalogue of the Delhi Exhibition, 1902-1903. J. Murray. p. 361.
- ^ Mukerji, Nitya Gopal (1903). A Monograph on the Silk Fabrics of Bengal. Bengal secretariat Press. p. 105.
- ^ Bengal (India) (1912). Bengal District Gazetteers. Bengal Secretariat Book Departmentôt. p. 185.
- ^ exhib. 1883-84, Calcutta internat (1885). Official report. p. 127.
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