Cotton Cloth From China.
Manufacturers of textile fabrics are Interested in some specimens of patterned blue and w%lte cotton cloth, sent privately from Shashih, China, to England last year, It being asserted that manufacturers in Manchester, England, would give "untold gold" to know how the stuff is made. Not being a specialist, the English consul at Shashih cannot test the value of such an assertion. It is said to be prepared by means of an impermeable paste, made of bean flour and size. A sheet of oileft paper, in which the Intended pattern has been cut, is attached to the cloth, which latter, on being washed with the paste, is then in a condition for the paper to be removed and the cloth is left to dry in a cool and Bhady place. On becoming quite dry it is dipped in the indigo vat, the parts protected by the paste remaining untouched by the dye. When wholly dry, exposure to the sun follows, which makes the hitherto impermeable paste soluble In water, and, the paste being washed off, the material is ready for the market.—Textile Mercury.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 February 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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186Cotton Cloth From China. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 February 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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