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Pattern of 40 threads, deep colour, at 2-11 11s. per tolah ;harrow silver lace, at 2 Hs. per tolah; narrow gold laceUlukee), deep colour, at 2-10 Its. per tolah; narrow silver1 ace(nnkee), deep colour, at 1-14 Its. per tolah; thin gold?. Cl! (tash), plain deep colour, at 2-8 Its. per tolah; thinsuver lace (tash), plain deep colour, at 1-12 Its. per
Silver cloth (sarees) women’s garments, with gold cm-^j'oidery, 8 yards in length and 1^ yard in breadth,
tolahs, silver thread for the ground-work, 150 ;®”ibroidery, 125; sprigs wrought in embroidery, 18yards, iso.
The price of the cloth manufactured will be double10 price of the above.
. Two handkerchiefs 1J yards square for a gold liand-ktrehief, viz.: **
Gold ground 40 tolahs of gold thread, at 2-8 Its. nor'.’"di, lot); embroidery, 100; for a silver handkerchiefstiver ground 40 tolahs of silver thread, at 1-12 Its., 70;embroidery, 105.
, Valuable gold doobatahs, or scarfs 5 yards long Ifyard broad, viz.:
„ ^>old ground, deep colour, (it) tolahs in weight, at, S b‘s. per tolah, 150; embroidery, 200; gold threadh'ooknsh), very deep colour, at 28 lis. per tolah; silver.."'rad (mokaish), at 1-10 lis. per tolah; Gold thinnerJ ’tulilah), at 2-4 lis. per tolah; silver thinner (badilah),
' *'10 per tolah ; gold gokurro, deep colour, at 2-10 lis.Ej! r tolah; silver gokurro, at 1-12 lis. per tolah; gold,,'. n Re (kirum), at 2-12 lis. per tolah; silver fringeJ.a'runi), at 1-14 Hs. per tolah; gold jhaller (thin fringe),jy l ‘P colour, at 2-12 lis, per tolah; silver jhaller (thinf Ul Ke), at 1-14 lis. per tollah; gunga jumnee jhaller'Bold ami silvei' fringe), at 28 Its. per tollah.
Gold (seharah) long threads worn over the face in mar-a Res by the bridegrooms in the form of veils, 05 lis.Gold spangles, deep colour, at 2-12 lis. per tolah; silver;) “’Ties, at 2 lis. per tolah ; gold cups (kutoree), at^ R . pe r tolah; silver cups (kutoree), at 2-10 lis. per’ gold flowers (gulkirum), at 5 lis. per 100; silver°' v «rs, a t 4 lt s . ,, c r 100 .
jQy set <>f embroidered horse clothing complete, with costGiinga jonmee kirum (gold and silver fringe), 2-10 lis.
1 tolah.
onbroidcred skull caps, at 10 or 12 lis. each.
„ . Mushroo or satin :
s mixed with gold thread, each piece 45 or 50 lis.;Hy’’ 1 of the Benares kind, each piece 25 or 30 lis.; satin"’'■‘red, called kimroo, at 40 lis. per piece.
... Turbands (mundeel):
f r U 1 0e n ’s garments, from 400 to 700 lis. each ; turbands,*„■! ?t) to 150 lis. each; handkerchiefs (rather square
’rendered shawls) 200 lis. and upwards.
5tM( S0 '' vat ‘ , r sprinklers, 40 lis. weight p cup and saucer,os. weight; 2 small boxes, 15 lis. weight.
Silver articles:
. ’’or8 dv,
Hire (workmanship?) and differenceRood silver, 35 lis. weight; gold for gilding good
bir u f ' i(> lis. weight; viz. gold leaf, at 25 lis. per tolah ;of , u do. and enamelling, at 5 lis. per tolah; exclusive
’"'tides specified in the l’ersian list.
, From Konah Suminunder:r on ore, wrought iron, sword, dagger, and dirk.
From Ruler:
On ,' H> uf each kind of (lie articles manufactured there.u °r two of Beuta, the rest of Hidung .
('True Copy.) Cutii. Davidson,
Ass1st ant Resident.
di,j.'j''d’ a b pipes with silver mouth-pieces, made at lly-
Jlol.ls of paper manufactured at Aurangabad .
Ufc W • 1><>x ””"1° at Kurreemnuggur, in imitation of
lie manufactures (that is in filigree work),
"solved that the following letter be despatched:
Hyderabad Residency, 30 ih September 1850.
Sir,—1 shall do myself the honour qf communicating tothe Committee at Secunderabad, as well as to the Com-mittee at Madras, your very liberal decision regarding theultimate disposal of the articles which you are proposingto offer to the National Exhibition of 1851.
2. As the articles intended for the Exhibition shouldarrive at Madras by the end of December next, it is desir-able that they should be forwarded from hence by thebeginning of November.
1 have, &c.,
(Signed) .1. S. Fuasku, Resident.
(True Copy.) Cutii. Davidson,
Assistant Resident.
To Sika.!-ul-Mui.k Uaiiaduh,
College Madras, 8th October 185(1.
Sir,—1 have the honour, by desire of the Madras Cen-tral Committee, to convey the expression of their bestthanks for the correspondence you have done them thehonour to present them with copies of, and to mentionthat the list and an abstract of the correspondence will bepublished in the “Gazette.”
To Major-General J. S. Euaskb.
The various articles sent from Hyderabad were emirspicuous for the qualities which are now considered cha-racteristic of the best Indian products; that is skill inworkmanship, with taste in the distribution of patterns,and a happy combination and'harmonising of colours. Thisis particularly interesting with regard to a territory somuch in the interior of India , and where the influence ofEuropean art has not yet penetrated, and the productionsmust therefore be considered as the results of pure Indianskill and taste. The same principles arc found to pervadeand the like happy results to be produced by the artistsof l’ooua in the west, as of Henares in the east, or ofDacca in the south, or of Delhi in the north. So also inthe parts furthest removed from Mahomedan influence, asin the carving of the Malabar coral, and of the jewelleryof Oabul and the ivory work of Travancore .
Numerous specimens of the Bidry ware, which wasso much admired by competent judges in the Exhibition,have fortunately found a suitable locality in the School ofDesign, at present located in Marlborough House, andwhere they may be inspected at leisure by artists and thepublic. We extract the following observation on theHidry ware, and on patterns, from Dr. Hoyle’s lecture onthe arts and manufactures of India :—
“ Patterns .—The beauty and variety of patterns in thevarious articles which we have referred to, as well in thecarved or engraved, as in the painted, printed, woven, orembroidered works, combined, as they so frequently are,with harmony of colouring, require notice in this sectionof our arrangement; and, as 1 have elsewhere said, thiswe see, whether we examine a production of Dacca , orone from Delhi , Henares, or Ahmcdabad, Rajpootann,or Hyderabad, from Madras or from Mooltan, Cashmere or Khyrpoor, and whether in a common chintz or in afabric of silk, or one enriched with silver or gold, or withimitations of gems. In all we see the utmost variety keptin bounds by the nicest taste ; for even the most floweryand gorgeous appear never to exceed what is suitable tothe material and the purpose to which it is to be applied.Mr. Digby Wyatt supposes the happy effects of Indiandesigners to be due to the refinement of taste engenderedhy their traditional education, and that this precludestheir toleration of any departure from those harmoniousproportions which the practice of ages has sanctioned asmost pleasing and agreeable; Mr. Owen Jones states,that ‘ one guiding principle of the ornamentation of theOrientals, appears to have been that their decoration wasalways whnt may be called surface decoration. The pat-terns of their shawls and carpets are harmonious and effec-tive, from the proper distribution of forms and colours,and do not require to be heightened in effect by strongand positive oppt sitions. In their scroll-work, the onu,-
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