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NANKEEN

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 162 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NANKEEN  , a

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cotton
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cloth originally made in
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China, and now imitated in various countries . The name is derived from
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Nanking, the
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city in which the cloth is said to have been originally manufactured . The characteristic yellowish
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colour of nankeen is attributed to the
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peculiar colour of the cotton from which it was originally made .

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