Salembaree

A tent from Boulanger's painting C'est Un Emir.

Salembaree is an obsolete variant of cotton cloth that was a coarse, stout and heavy fabric. It was made in the Indian subcontinent. The cloth was used for tents in India and Pakistan. Kathee was an alternative name for Salembaree. : 525, 323 John Forbes Watson mentions these fabrics under the Canvas category in his work titled Textile Manufactures and Costumes of the people of India.: 85 : 259 : 222 

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References

  1. ↑ Tortora, Phyllis G.; Johnson, Ingrid (2013-09-17). The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-60901-535-0.
  2. ↑ Watson, John Forbes (1866). The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the People of India. India Office.
  3. ↑ Lewandowski, Elizabeth J. (2011). The Complete Costume Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4004-1.
  4. ↑ Wellington, Donald C. (2006). French East India Companies: A Historical Account and Record of Trade. Hamilton Books. ISBN 978-0-7618-3475-5.