Record 225 (2017)
Summary
This record provides infomration on Pulicat being the name used in 1734 in Denmark.
Record Excerpt
Throughout the period, it was often romals or ‘tørklæder’ which had denominators attached to them, likely as a means to distinguish different designs or patterns, qualities and colour schemes from one another. In 1734, the descriptive Palicat/Paliacatte/Pulicat (in today’s Tamil Nadu) is first given to the scarves, of which there were 1,000 pieces imported as part of the cargo of the ship Cron Prinzen'
Source: Vibe Maria Marten, Indian Textiles in 17th and 18th Century Denmark
Item Metadata
Primary Textile Types: Handkerchief
Secondary Textile Types: Pulicat
Primary Subjects: None specified
Secondary Subjects: None specified
Keywords: Textile Types, Textile Terminology, Design
Circulation: Production
Source type: Secondary Source
Year: 2017
Reference: Vibe Maria Marten, Indian Textiles in 17th and 18th Century Denmark