The Textile Manufactures of India is an 18 volume set of fabric sample books put together in 1866 by John Forbes Watson and published by the India Office of the British Government.
This website makes all 700 textile samples in these books available to explore digitally for the first time. As part of the project, young people from Lancashire have catalogued, photographed and helped to design the website content.
The Textile Manufactures of India website and the Global Threads exhibition currently running until 30 June 2012 are part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme, Stories of the World.
Visit The Textile Manufactures of India website.
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