Dorea (cloth)

Dorea (Doriyā, Doreas, Dooreas) was a type of striped or check patterned cloth made in the Indian subcontinent. The continued (warp side) striped Dorea was a simplest form of Dorea.[1][2]

This article is about a cloth. For other uses, see Dorea (disambiguation).

Fabric

Originally it was made of cotton only, the cloth was later manufactured with silk and other type of materials as well.[1]

the warp consists of three parts of cotton and two parts of Tasar or different colors. The woof is all cotton of one color, so that the cloth is striped lengthways, and is dyed entirely by the weavers in the thread

— Francis Buchanan-Hamilton[3]

Mentions

The fabric is mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari as one of the cotton varieties.[4]

Exports

Bengal exported a variety of fabrics ranging in fineness from ''Dorea to Sologazi, Chela, Sanu, Rumal, Fota, Chintz, Guinea cloth, Garra, and Sailcloth.''[5]

See also

References
  1. Montgomery, Florence M. (1984). Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth. Internet Archive. New York ; London : Norton. pp. 222, 223. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.
  2. Thomas, p j (1926). Mercantilism And The East India Trade. p. 30.
  3. Establet, Colette; Pascual, Jean-Paul (2014-03-10), "Deuxième partie", Des tissus et des hommes : Damas vers 1700, Études arabes, médiévales et modernes, Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo, pp. 193–236, ISBN 978-2-35159-474-2, retrieved 2021-07-09
  4. Proceedings. Publication Bureau, Punjab University. 1987. p. 57.
  5. Gunderson, Warren M. (1975). Studies on Bengal: Papers Presented at the Seventh Annual Bengal Studies Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 28-30, 1971. Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University. p. 74.


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