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Sinamay store
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Visual materialSubject(s): 1910-1919
| cloth | textile | stores | vendors | cloth vendorsOnline resources: View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) | View in Retrato website printGeneral Note(s): By the 1840s, the British were exporting machine-made Manchester textiles to the Philippines at prices local fabrics could not compete with. Piña and jusi contrinued to be produced as specialty items, but in limited quantities. Other local fabrics, such as Ilocos cotton, sinamay--which is woven from abaca--and ramie had either priced themselves out of the market or suffered in comparison to imported cotton and linenImage type: Reproduction: PhotographMedia format: print List(s) this item appears in: Textile - Retrato
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Filipinas Circa-- | FI00173 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | FI00173 |
By the 1840s, the British were exporting machine-made Manchester textiles to the Philippines at prices local fabrics could not compete with. Piña and jusi contrinued to be produced as specialty items, but in limited quantities. Other local fabrics, such as Ilocos cotton, sinamay--which is woven from abaca--and ramie had either priced themselves out of the market or suffered in comparison to imported cotton and linen.
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