Tapsel (cloth) explained

Tapsel (Tapsels,^[1] Tapseel, Topseile, Taffechella, Tafficila)^[2] was a coarse cotton and silk cloth.^[3] It was a woven variety with a striped pattern, and usually a blue color. The fabric dated back to the 18th century and was made in western India.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• Sussi (cloth)

Notes and References

1. Book: Foster, William. The English Factories in India. 1906. Clarendon Press. 62. en.
2. Book: Tortora. Phyllis G.. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles. Johnson. Ingrid. 2013-09-17. A&C Black. 978-1-60901-535-0. 610. en.
3. Book: Montgomery, Florence M.. Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth. 1984. New York ; London : Norton. Internet Archive. 978-0-393-01703-8. 361.
4. Book: Wellington, Donald C.. French East India Companies: A Historical Account and Record of Trade. 2006. Hamilton Books. 978-0-7618-3475-5. 227. en.
5. Book: Hardstaff, R. E.. Human Cargo: And the Southwell Connection : a Record of a Slave Trading Voyage of the Eighteenth Century and the Links with People Living in the Southwell Area at that Time. 2004. Southwell and District Local History Society. 978-0-9520503-2-2. 36. en.