Peshgeer Explained

Peshgeer is one of the obsolete cotton piece goods produced in the Indian subcontinent. Peshgeer was a type of woven, printed material.

Mentions

John Forbes Watson describes Peshgeer as cotton printed cloth made of English threads, used in "petticoats of poorer classes". A sample in Fabric book gives its origin as Shikarpore, in the Sind province of Pakistan.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Price

In the mid-1800s, Palle-manufactured Peshgeer was priced in the range of Rs 22-40/piece.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Watson, John Forbes. The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the People of India. 1867. Allen. en.
2. Driver. Felix. Ashmore. Sonia. 2010. The Mobile Museum: Collecting and Circulating Indian Textiles in Victorian Britain. Victorian Studies. 52. 3. 353–385. 10.2979/vic.2010.52.3.353. 10.2979/vic.2010.52.3.353. 145766578. 0042-5222.
3. Web site: Museum. Victoria and Albert. Printed Cotton V&A Explore The Collections. 2021-07-12. Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections. en.
4. Book: The Bombay Miscellany. 1962. 172. en.
5. Book: Burnes, Sir Alexander. Reports and Papers, Political, Geographical, & Commercial Submitted to Government by Alexander Burnes, Lieutenant Leech, Doctor Lord, and Lieutenant Wood, Employed on Missions in the Years 1835-36-37 in Scinde, Affghanisthan, and Adjacent Countries. 1839. G.H. Huttmann, Bengal Military Orphan Press. 179. en.