Calico (textile)

Calico ( from the port of Calicut, Kozhikode today, on the Malabar Coast in the Indian state of Kerala ) is a tissue that is used primarily in the bindery and also in the replacement of frescoes.

Production and history

It is a durchappretiertes cotton fabric that is smooth calendered or embossed and partially provided with a handle protective equipment. It can easily be confused with imitation leather. From 1821 Archibald Leighton used in England for the first time Calico for book covers. It developed during the 19th century become one of the most popular ceiling materials of Verlagseinbänden. As of 1836, the factory of Thomas Hughes Calico produced in England.

Calico describes in English books about fashion design, editing and tailoring a simple cotton fabric that is used for initial sampling. In German translations the word Calico is often assumed, but is meant nettle, a simple, unbleached, non-chemically equipped cotton fabric that is available in different weights.

Meyers Lexicon of 1888-1890

Calico (French: calicot, English: calico ) are colorful printed cottons finer way they are governed by French language known as Indiennes.

Both names are reminiscent of India (city Kalikat ), as the family seat of the goods from where they came to be highly valued luxuries to Europe.