Collection of specimens and illustrations of the textile manufactures of India. Second series, 0692-0751 / prepared under the direction of J. Forbes Watson
A sample book of Indian textiles compiled under J. Forbes Watson and published by the India Museum in 1874, assembling woven and printed cloth specimens for colonial study of manufactures. The pictures are small mounted swatches of woven striped cloth in madder red, indigo, ochre and cream, with narrow pinstripes and bands of warp-striped weave that a designer could borrow for stripe repeats and colourways.
