Gingham
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Gingham, also called Vichy check, is a medium-weight balanced plain-woven fabric typically with tartan, striped, or check duotone patterns, in bright colour and in white made from dyed cotton or cotto
Gingham cloth with green and white checks
Gingham patterns in a 1911 Macy's catalogue
Madras (cloth)
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Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and tartan design, used primarily for summer clothing such as pants, shorts, lungi, dresses, and jackets. The fabric takes its na
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Samples of cloth showing many typical Madras patterns
A young Martinican woman in Madras. By Paul Gauguin, 1887.
Martinican carnival costumes using madras fabrics.
Madras bags of spices in a Saint-Antoine market in Guadeloupe.