There are few fabrics that can claim the cultural and emotional significance of cotton in India, and even fewer that pair as effortlessly with tradition as the cotton saree. From the sun-drenched ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Colastie Hebert LeBlanc, known as Tante Colastie by family and friends, was one of the few women still making brown cotton trousseau - a dowry for new brides. But she had 108 ...

DURING the last twenty-five years many excellent books dealing with textile subjects have been published in Germany, America, and England, but in none of them has cotton weaving been treated as Mr.

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