salampore
{{Short description|A kind of cotton cloth produced in India}}
Salampore (salempore) was a kind of cotton cloth produced in India. It had been in use since the 17th century and was exported to Europe and Africa.{{Cite book|last=Montgomery|first=Florence M.|url=http://archive.org/details/textilesinameric00mont|title=Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth|date=1984|publisher=New York; London : Norton|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-393-01703-8|pages=339}}
[https://books.google.com/books?id=QbiGAAAAIAAJ&q=Salempore+cotton Merchants, Companies, and Commerce on the Coromandel Coast Page 98]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=QbiGAAAAIAAJ&q=Salempore+cotton Sinnappah Arasaratnam, Professor and Head of Department of History Sinnappah Arasaratnam, Maritime History Scholar and Professor of Indian History S Arasaratnam · 1986]
Exports
Salempores was part of a varied collection of cloths such as long cloth, moris, and cloth with gold thread exported to various foreign locations like Bantam, Manila, and London from the Coromandel Coast.{{Cite news|last=V|first=Sriram|date=2012-08-19|title=When cloth maketh a city|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/when-cloth-maketh-a-city/article3792732.ece|access-date=2021-05-10|issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite book|last=Wellington|first=Donald C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dkVAQAAMAAJ&q=Moris+cloth|title=French East India Companies: A Historical Account and Record of Trade|date=2006|publisher=Hamilton Books|isbn=978-0-7618-3475-5|pages=223|language=en}} It was also exported to Africa and South America.{{Cite web|title=Definition of SALAMPORE|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salampore|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en}}
Production
= Pattern =
It was a colored woven cloth with stripe and check designs. Few sources also describe it as broad white or blue cotton fabric.{{Cite web|title=Salempore - definition - Encyclo|url=http://www.encyclo.co.uk/meaning-of-salempore|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.encyclo.co.uk}}
= Cloth for slaves =
It was also called a cloth for slaves, mainly the blue cotton cloth made from Nellore.{{Cite book |last=Menezes |first=Mary Noel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReEdAAAAMAAJ&q=Salempore+cotton |title=British Policy Towards the Amerindians in British Guiana, 1803-1873 |date=1977 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=978-0-19-821567-7 |language=en}}
{{Cite book|last=SAMA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60Q7AQAAIAAJ&q=Salempore+cotton|title=Bulletin|date=1974|pages=290|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Tattersfield|first=Nigel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rTUxtBg34BoC&q=Salempore+cotton&pg=PT454|title=The Forgotten Trade: Comprising the Log of the Daniel and Henry of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade From the Minor Ports of England 1698-1725|date=2011-05-31|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4464-7567-6|language=en}}
= Dimensions =
The usual dimensions of Salampore were 16X1 yards. Salampore was coarser and had fewer threads than Punjum. It was also half the length of the Punjum..{{Cite book|last=Milburn|first=William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1bFLAAAAYAAJ&dq=Punjum+cloth&pg=PA45|title=Oriental Commerce: Containing a Geographical Description of the Principal Places in the East Indies, China, and Japan, with Their Produce, Manufactures, and Trade|date=1813|publisher=Black, Parry & Company|pages=45|language=en}}