Record 2 from 1682

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Summary

This record provides information on Indian weavers’ independent working practices.

Record Excerpt

[the spinners took their product to local markets for sale] to weavers , and not to merchants for the weaving of cloth. Thus merchants themselves are not involved with either yarn or cotton, but only contract with the weavers for cloth according to musters, for which cash must frequently be furnished in advance.

Source: Kolonial Archief (the hague), 4464 R/Sd, Uittreksels uit brieven..., fol.3 cited in: Joseph Brenning, textile production in late seventeenth-century Coromandel, p. 171

Item Metadata

Primary Textile Types: Woven

Secondary Textile Types: No secondary textile types available.

Primary Subjects: Dutch East India company

Secondary Subjects: Weavers

Keywords: Weavers, Spinners, Merchants

Circulation: Production

Source type: Primary Source (Cited)

Year: 1682

Reference: Kolonial Archief (the hague), 4464 R/Sd, Uittreksels uit brieven..., fol.3 cited in: Joseph Brenning, textile production in late seventeenth-century Coromandel, p. 171

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