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Asian knowledge and the development of calico printing in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
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Riello, Giorgio (2010) Asian knowledge and the development of calico printing in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Journal of Global History, Vol.5 (No.1). pp. 1-28. doi:10.1017/S1740022809990313 ISSN 1740-0228.
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Abstract
From the seventeenth century, the brilliance and permanence of colour and the exotic nature of imported Asian textiles attracted European consumers. The limited knowledge of colouring agents and the general absence of textile printing and dyeing in Europe were, however, major impediments to the development of a cotton textile-printing and -dyeing industry in Europe. This article aims to chart the rise of a European calico-printing industry in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by analysing the knowledge transfer of textile-printing techniques from Asia to Europe.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Calico-printing -- Europe -- History -- 17th century, Calico-printing -- Europe -- History -- 18th century, Textile printing -- Asia, Europe -- Civilization -- Asian influences | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Global History | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 1740-0228 | ||||
Official Date: | March 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.5 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 28 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-28 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S1740022809990313 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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