TY  - ADVS
TI  - Sinamay store
KW  - 1910-1919
KW  - cloth
KW  -  textile
KW  - stores
KW  - vendors
KW  - cloth vendors
N1  - 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; print
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