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2. Hyderabadi pearls - Wikipedia

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   Hyderabad is considered the main pearl trading centre in India, because of which the city is also known as the "City of Pearls". The most notable area devoted to the trade is the village called Chandanpet just outside Hyderabad , wherein almost the entire population is engaged in the delicate art of drilling pearls , a skill they have practiced ...

3. Paithani - Wikipedia

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   The texture of the fabric is fairly compact with about 160 ends and 170 picks per inch (2.6 cm). Zari is a metallic yarn, made of pure silver. Originally, zari was manufactured in Yeola; Surat now being another zari-producing center. Initially, zari used in making Paithani was drawn from pure gold. However, silver is the affordable substitute ...

4. Linen - Wikipedia

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   Approximately 70% of linen production in the 1990s was for apparel textiles, whereas in the 1970s only about 5% was used for fashion fabrics. [45] Linen uses range across bed and bath fabrics (tablecloths, bath towels, dish towels, bed sheets); home and commercial furnishing items (wallpaper/wall coverings, upholstery, window treatments ...

5. Fabindia - Wikipedia

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   Fabindia is an Indian chain store retailing garments, home-decor, furnishings, fabrics and products handmade by craftspeople across rural India. Established in 1960 by John Bissell, an American working for the Ford Foundation, New Delhi, Fabindia started out exporting home furnishings, before stepping into domestic retail in 1976, when it opened its first retail store in Greater Kailash, New ...

6. La Peregrina pearl - Wikipedia

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   The original weight of this pear-shaped pearl was 223.8 grains, (55.95 carats, 11.2 g, almost .4 oz.). At the time of its discovery, it was the largest pearl ever found. In 1913 the pearl had to be drilled and cleaned to secure it firmly to its setting. After drilling and cleaning, the pearl's weight decreased to 203.84 grains.

7. Lawn cloth - Wikipedia

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   Lawn is a very popular fabric in Pakistan, with new fabrics released from February each year. [7] [9] In 2016, lawn cotton was worth $500 million to the Pakistani textile industry and employs more than 30,000 people. [6]

8. Mangalagiri sarees and fabrics - Wikipedia

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   Mangalagiri sarees and fabrics are produced by performing handicraft weaving in Mangalagiri, a town in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [1] It was registered as one of the handicrafts in the geographical indication from Andhra Pradesh by Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 .

9. Khadi - Wikipedia

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   A blue khadi kurta.. Khadi (pronounced, Khādī), derived from khaddar, [1] [2] [3] is a hand-spun and woven natural fibre cloth promoted by Mahatma Gandhi as swadeshi (self-sufficiency) for the freedom struggle of the Indian subcontinent, and the term is used throughout India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.