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Pallam-poor′.

A style of East Indian cotton chintz, printed in large-sized pieces and used for counterpanes. The printing is in the resist style, a substance being painted on the cloth having the power of resisting access of the dye to the fabric. With the pallampoor cloth this was softened wax laid on with a hair-pencil. We have no means of ascertaining how long this style of the art has been practiced, but it seems to be as old as Pliny. Madras has long been famous for this manufacture. One piece 5 1/2 yards long by 2 1/2 broad (French yards) is mentioned by Ure: “said to be the labour of Hindoo princesses, which it must have taken a lifetime to execute.”

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