Record 189 from 1855
Summary
This record provides information on the purchase of Madras handkerchiefs from merchant manufacturer Sooboo Chetty for the 1855 Paris Internation Exhibition.
Record Excerpt
1 Pieces of Madras handkerchieves, each piececontaining 8 handkerchiefs------8---- do [Madras.name of he locality in the Madras Presidency where produced] ----Ordered by the Commitee to be purchased thourgh E. Lecot Esq. manufacturerd at Madras by Sooboo Chetty [Name of the Maker or the Merchant from whom purchased]---- H.E.I.C [Tom whom belonging by whom exhibited and how to be disposed of after the Exhibitions]----each piece 10Rs. Piece [price at which procurable]----no.21 [No of the case in which it is packed]---- Shipperd per Gratitude [in what Vessel is shipped]
Source: Madras Central Committee for the Universal Exhibition to be held at Paris in 1855 (Madras: College of Fort St. George 8th February 1855), pp.28
Item Metadata
Primary Textile Types: Handkerchief
Secondary Textile Types: Madras
Primary Subjects: No primary subjects available.
Secondary Subjects: No secondary subjects available.
Keywords: Weavers, Merchants, Commercial Value, Manufactuers
Circulation: Production
Source type: Primary Source: Printed - Other
Year: 1855
Reference: Madras Central Committee for the Universal Exhibition to be held at Paris in 1855 (Madras: College of Fort St. George 8th February 1855), pp.28
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