According to one of my favorite books, in the year 1700 Indian silk and chintz
(called chints) were banned from the English market because they were hurting
domestic manufacturers. I don't think that means Indian fabrics were unheard of
in the following century, or that they died out after the Regency period..
Carol Mitchell
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