Collection of specimens and illustrations of the textile manufactures of India. Second series, 1001-1041 / prepared under the direction of J. Forbes Watson
A sample book of Indian textiles compiled by J. Forbes Watson and published by the India Museum in 1874, issued as a second series of fabric specimens for those studying the country's textile manufactures. The four pictures are close photographic records of woven cloth: a dark ground crossed by bands of pale and dark checks, a plain black cloth with a single light stripe, a loose check in dark brown and natural undyed yarn, and bold horizontal bands of dark and cream. A designer could take from them simple stripe and check repeats built from two or three colours, with the slightly irregular handloom texture visible in each.
