It continued in textile design, particularly in whitework embroidery and some printed calicoes, into the mid-nineteenth century. |
In 1700 an Act of Parliament was passed to prevent the importation of dyed or printed calicoes from India, China or Persia. |
From cotton are made many qualities of unbleached, half-bleached, and bleached cloth, also calicoes, ginghams, muslins, nainsooks, cambrics, etc. |
Printed calicoes were generally used for hangings and bedcovers, as well as for dresses in England, but in India the material was generally used only for garments. |
Colonial New Englanders were also familiar with such floral motifs through imported calicoes and palampores imported from India. |
The sixty-second spot stars an assortment of kittens — tabbies, calicoes, Siamese, and a dozen other breeds — in a variety of adorable vignettes. |