Blotch Checks

Blotch Checks
BLOTCH CHECKS
A favourite and an old pattern, very popular among the better-class of West African natives for dress purposes. The design effect is obtained from a printed warp, and looks as if a large quantity of deep blue ink has been splashed on it in big blotches. The checking is 2 white, 2 blue, the warp also being 2 blue and 2 white. A good quality is 30-in., 20 yards, 9's blue, 40's white warp, 11's blue, 32's white wefts. Usually 2 green, 1 red heading each end. Finished stiff finish. Made in Radcliffe and Rochdale.

Dictionary of the English textile terms. 2014.

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