...quotation in the Bombay Gtzcetteer referring to the tailors of Surat : 1 “The tailors here fashion clothes for the Europeans, either men or women, according...had been an Indian fashion, or themselves had been apprenticed at the Royal Exchange. (The commode was a wire structure to raise the cap and hair.)”...

...quotation in the Bombay Gazetteer referring' to the tailors of Surat : J " The tailors here fashion clothes for the Europeans, either men or women, according...had been an Indian fashion, or themselves had been apprenticed at the Royal Exchange. (The commode was a wire structure to raise the cap and hair.) "...

...en or Women, according to every Mode that prevails; and i titters, fit up the Commodes, and towring Head-Dresses for the Women, with as much Skill, as if they had been an Jut/inn Fashion, or themselves had been Apprentices at the Itoi/iil Exchange. But they are tainted...

...sailing, as exactly as if they had been the first contrivers. . . .The tailors here fashion the cloathes for the Europeans, either men or women, according...fashion, or themselves had been apprentices at the Royal Exchange. ' -yo\ The Hindu counterparts of the Muslim faqirs were the jogis and Surat had a fair...