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1921

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Book Illustration, Calico Painting and Printing in the the East Indies in the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries, plate 1

This is a book illustration. It was written by George Percival Baker and published by E. Arnold. It is dated 1921. Its medium is color print on paper. It is a part of the Smithsonian Libraries department.

This book intended to instruct design students in calico printing, a technique that originated in India and became highly popular in Europe. Drawing from accounts by Jesuit missionaries, Baker outlines the skill with which Indian calico must be made and instructs his students in the aesthetics of the cotton textile. Books such as this became the foundation of the European calico industry, which grew so successful that many European governments tried to shut it down to protect native silk, wool, velvet, and lace industries.

It is credited Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.

  • Textile, Juin
  • cotton.
  • Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund.
  • 1994-115-1

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