Collection of specimens and illustrations of the textile manufactures of India. Second series, 0752-0812 / prepared under the direction of J. Forbes Watson
A sample book of Indian textiles compiled in 1874 by J. Forbes Watson for the India Museum in London, intended for designers and manufacturers studying regional cloth. The pictures are small swatches of woven fabric in stripes of red, green, blue, and ochre, showing how colour and warp striping were arranged, which a designer could draw on for stripe repeats and colourway ideas.
