Editing Textile (section)

=== Naming ===
[[File:Calico sample Crum & Co..jpg|thumb|right|Sample of calico printed with a six-colour machine by Walter Crum & Co., from [[Frederick Crace Calvert]], ''Dyeing and Calico Printing'' (1878)]]
Most textiles were called by their base fibre generic names, their place of origin, or were put into groups based loosely on manufacturing techniques, characteristics, and designs.<ref name="Malekandathil-2016">{{Cite book |last=Malekandathil |first=Pius |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WEPDQAAQBAJ&dq=Textiles+and+origin+of+their+names&pg=PT359 |title=The Indian Ocean in the Making of Early Modern India |date=13 September 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-99745-4 |pages=359 |language=en |access-date=2022-05-25 |archive-date=2022-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602045837/https://books.google.com/books?id=-WEPDQAAQBAJ&dq=Textiles+and+origin+of+their+names&pg=PT359 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Peck-2013">{{Cite book |last=Peck |first=Amelia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BYjh82N63IQC&dq=Textiles+and+origin+of+their+names&pg=PA60 |title=Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500–1800 |date=2013 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-1-58839-496-5 |pages=60 |language=en |access-date=2022-05-25 |archive-date=2022-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602055305/https://books.google.com/books?id=BYjh82N63IQC&dq=Textiles+and+origin+of+their+names&pg=PA60 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Corbman-1983">{{Cite book |last=Corbman |first=Bernard P. |url=http://archive.org/details/textilesfibertof0006corb |title=Textiles: fiber to fabric |date=1983 |location=New York |publisher=Gregg Division, McGraw-Hill |isbn=978-0-07-013137-8 |pages=2 to 8}}</ref><ref name="Cerchia-2021">{{Cite book |last1=Cerchia |first1=Rossella Esther |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=37UTEAAAQBAJ&dq=Textiles+and+origin+of+their+names&pg=PA3 |title=The New Frontiers of Fashion Law |last2=Pozzo |first2=Barbara |date=13 January 2021 |publisher=MDPI |isbn=978-3-03943-707-8 |pages=2, 3 |language=en |access-date=2022-05-25 |archive-date=2023-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405081520/https://books.google.com/books?id=37UTEAAAQBAJ&dq=Textiles+and+origin+of+their+names&pg=PA3 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nylon, [[Olefin fiber|olefin]], and [[Acrylic fiber|acrylic]] are generic names for some of the more commonly used synthetic fibres.{{sfn|Elsasser|2005|p=219}}

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!Name
!Product
! colspan="2" |Textiles named by
!Description
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|[[Cashmere wool|Cashmere]]
|Wool fiber obtained from [[cashmere goat]]s
|Origin
|[[Kashmir]]
|Cashmere is synonymous with the [[Kashmir shawl]], with the term "cashmere" derived from an anglicisation of Kashmir.<ref name="Boulanger-1990">{{Cite book |last=Boulanger |first=Jean-Claude |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MLChUpf_66EC&dq=Jagannath%3D+light+cotton+material&pg=PA143 |title=Actes du XVIe Congrès international des sciences onomastiques: Québec, Université Laval, 16–22 août 1987 : le nom propre au carrefour des études humaines et des sciences sociales |date=1990 |publisher=Presses Université Laval |isbn=978-2-7637-7213-4 |pages=143 |language=en |access-date=2022-06-07 |archive-date=2023-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405081522/https://books.google.com/books?id=MLChUpf_66EC&dq=Jagannath=+light+cotton+material&pg=PA143 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|[[Calico]]
|[[Plain weave]] textile material
|Origin
|[[Kozhikode|Calicut]]
|The fabric originated in the southwestern Indian city of Calicut.
|-
|Jaconet
|Lightweight cotton fabric in plain weave
|Origin
|[[Puri|Jagannath Puri]]
|Jaconet is [[anglicisation]] of Jagannath where it was originally produced.{{sfn|Humphries|1996|p=15}}
|-
|[[Jersey (fabric)|Jersey]]
|A type of [[Knitted fabric]]
|Origin
|[[Jersey]], [[Channel Islands]]
|Jersey fabric was produced first at Jersey, Channel Islands.<ref name="Boulanger-1990" />
|-
|[[Kersey (cloth)|Kersey]]
|A coarse [[woolen]] cloth
|Origin
|[[Kersey, Suffolk]]
|The fabric is named after the town in the east of England.<ref name="Boulanger-1990" />
|-
|[[Paisley (design)]]
|A type of [[Motif (visual arts)|motif]]
|Design
|[[Paisley, Renfrewshire]]
|A town situated in the west [[central Lowlands]] of [[Scotland]].<ref name="Boulanger-1990" />
|-
|[[Dosuti]]
|A handspun cotton cloth
|Characteristics
|A coarse and thick cotton cloth
|In and around the 19th century [[Punjab]] and [[Gujarat]] were famous for production of various handspun cloths. Dosuti was distinguished by the number of yarns (Do+Suti translates to 'two yarns') used to produce it. Eksuti was another variety using a single thread.
<ref name="Baden-Powell-1872">{{Cite book |last=Baden-Powell |first=Baden Henry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gg_JAAAAMAAJ |title=Hand-book of the Manufactures & Arts of the Punjab: With a Combined Glossary & Index of Vernacular Trades & Technical Terms ... Forming Vol. Ii to the "Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab" Prepared Under the Orders of Government |date=1872 |publisher=Punjab printing Company |isbn= |location= |pages=7 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Indian Annuals Bureau-1964">{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yVM5AQAAIAAJ |title=Supplies and Disposals Year Book |date=1964 |publisher= |isbn= |location= |pages=74, 335, 351 |language=en |access-date=2022-06-07 |archive-date=2022-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607041847/https://books.google.com/books?id=yVM5AQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|[[Muslin|Mulmul]] types such as āb-i-ravān ''running water'', Baft Hawa ''woven air''{{sfn|Weibel|1952|p=54}}
|Fine muslin fabric variations from [[Dhaka|Dacca]] in [[Bengal]]
|Characteristics
|Delicate muslin types
|Dacca, in the eastern Indian subcontinent, produced a wide range of handwoven and spun muslins. Baft Hawa, which means "woven air", Shabnam, which means "evening dew", and ab-i-ravan, which means "flowing water" are some poetic names for soft muslins.{{sfn|Weibel|1952|p=54}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=King |first=Brenda M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqua3eovs7kC&q=Abrawan&pg=PR16 |title=Silk and Empire |date=3 September 2005 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-6700-6 |pages=61, xvi |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[Nainsook]]
|A plain weave fabric with soft hand
|Characteristics
|Pleasing to the eyes
|Nain + Sook translates to "eye-pleasing".{{sfn|Humphries|1996|p=15}}
|-
|[[Swanskin cloth|Swanskin]]
|A woven [[flannel]] cloth
|Characteristics
|Appears and feels like [[swan]] skin
|A18th century fabric developed at [[Shaftesbury]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harmuth |first=Louis |url=http://archive.org/details/dictionaryoftext00harmrich |title=Dictionary of textiles |date=1915 |publisher=New York, Fairchild publishing company |others=University of California Libraries |pages=149}}</ref>
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|[[Tansukh cloth|Tansukh]]
|Another type of Muslin with soft and delicate texture
|Characteristics
|Pleasing to the body
|Tan + Sukh translates to "body pleasing". Tansukh was a fine, soft, and delicate textured cloth. The cloth type is mentioned in the 16th century Mughal time records, [[Ain-i-Akbari]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sangar |first=S. P. |date=1965 |title=FEMALE COSTUMES IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES (as reflected in the contemporary Hindi literature) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44140630 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=27 |pages=243–247 |jstor=44140630 |issn=2249-1937 |access-date=2022-06-06 |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203053658/https://www.jstor.org/stable/44140630 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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