Angola was an imitated version of Indian shawl made with local wool options in England.
Etymology
Angola was a derived word of
''Angora.'' a very soft
Angora wool
Angora hair or Angora fibre refers to the downy coat produced by the Angora rabbit. While the names of the source animals are similar, Angora fibre is distinct from mohair, which comes from the Angora goat. Angora fibre is also distinct from c ...
.
Angola
Angola was attempted in
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
, Lyons, and
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...
and
Paisley. However, local manufacturers made it on machines such as drawlooms and Jacquard looms, unlike
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, where a labor extensive handweaving tapestry technique was used to produce the material. The original Kashmiri shawls in India were woven in pieces and then joined. Missing fundamentals of the craftsmanship, the imitations made of Angola were short-lived.
Angola shirting
Angola shirting, a twill weave structure, was a blend of cotton and wool fabric for shirts.
See also
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Kashmir shawl
The Kashmir shawl, the predecessor of the contemporary ''cashmere shawl'', is a type of shawl identified by its distinctive Kashmiri weave and for being made of fine '' shahtoosh'' or '' pashmina'' wool. Contemporary variants include the ''pashm ...
References
Woven fabrics
Shawls and wraps
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