| Printed calicoes were generally used for hangings and bedcovers, as well as for dresses in England, but in India the material was generally used only for garments. |
| From cotton are made many qualities of unbleached, half-bleached, and bleached cloth, also calicoes, ginghams, muslins, nainsooks, cambrics, etc. |
| Generally, calicoes are in two colours, one for the ground and the other for the figure or design. |
| The calicoes in no.789 can be dated to the 1840s and 1850s based on motif and color. |
| It continued in textile design, particularly in whitework embroidery and some printed calicoes, into the mid-nineteenth century. |
| In 1700 an Act of Parliament was passed to prevent the importation of dyed or printed calicoes from India, China or Persia. |
