Collection of specimens and illustrations of the textile manufactures of India. Second series, 0101-0134 / prepared under the direction of J. Forbes Watson
This is a sample volume of Indian textiles, compiled under J. Forbes Watson for the India Museum in London in 1877 as a reference for manufacturers and designers. The four pictures show full-length cloth lengths with bold woven stripes, banded borders, fringed ends and tasselled edges in red, ochre and green. A designer could draw on their stripe rhythms, border bands and warp-check patterns for striped or woven surface design.
